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- Description: He retired from his job in 2005 and now spends most of his time at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Donald M. Kramer Name of War: Vietnam War Interview Length Disc #1: (01:06:30) Interview Length Disc#2: (01:51:40) Interview Length Disc #3: (00:40:35) Interview Length Disc #4: (01:28:40) Disc One (01:11:41) (00:00...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Donald Oderkirk Length: 32:46 (00:20) Background Information Donald grew up in upstate New York and went to college at Central Michigan University in the early 60s He later went to Michigan State Unive...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tony Pacino (24:12) Background Information (00:14) Served with the Marine Corps as a combat medic (Navy Corpsman) in Somalia (00:15) Tony joined the military due to its education opportunities. (00:21) He en...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Cornelius Ringnalda & Richard Herrema (00:42:27) (00:30) Background information • • • • • • Richard was born in Michigan in the early twenties and grew up in Grand Rapids He worked on his father’s farm and was drafted...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Morgan Singer Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:53:40) Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:13) • • • • • • • Born in Pinckney, MI He had 10 brothers. (00:57) He decided to enli...
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- Text: ...f the guests asked who he was -Simply responded that he worked for the government and was left alone (01:22:56) Treatment of Veterans -There were a lot of times when he didn't get respect as a Vietnam War veteran -In his hometown he remembers the World War II veterans
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Interview Gordon Potter Length of Interview (00:38:17) Pre-enlistment (00:00:31) Born 1937 in Byron Center, Michigan His father was in a grocery business, then went into the milk business when it didn’t work out Went to Byron Cent...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Heather Majestic (40:51) Background Information (00:28) • Born May 11th 1971 in Pennsylvania. (00:29) • Served in the U.S. Navy. (00:34) • She had 2 sisters and both parents worked as teachers. (1:07) • Heather was a marching...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project US Navy Monica Allen Périn Total Time (00:49:28) Introduction (00:00:24) Monica was born October 2nd, 1953 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland; her father was in the Navy while her mother was an officer in the Navy Nu...
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- Description: Dr. James Clark is a veteran of the Cold War who was born on September 7, 1939 in Oak Park, Illinois. He attended college at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and joined the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps there.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Dr. James Clark Cold War 45 minutes 37 seconds (00:00:39) Early Life -Born in Oak Park, Illinois on September 7, 1939 -Grew up in Forest Park, Illinois -His father was in sales -His mother was a housewife and then went back to teachi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Dr. Gordon Balyeat (1:42:25) (00:25) Background Information • • • • • • • • Gordon was born in Michigan in 1911 and grew up in Sparta He enjoyed hunting, fishing, scouting and was very interested in sports In high schoo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Gerald Bocian (42:38) (00:15) Background Information • Gerald was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1925 • His father worked in a steel mill and his mother stayed at home • Gerald quit high school in December of 1942 in the middle of h...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview William Bos Length: 49:11 (00:15) Background Information Bill was born in Cascade, Michigan on December 18, 1922 and went to school there through 8th grade His father was a farmer and Bill had 13 siblings ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans Histroy Project John Canepa (49:02) (00:01) Background Information • John was born in a small town in Massachusetts in 1930 • He went to Catholic elementary and high school for two years and then went to a secondary school at a private military aca...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Wayne Monroe (00:38:30) (00:00) Personal Background • Born in Byron Center, MI • Describes his parents’ employment o Father was a teacher (01:20) The outbreak of the War and the bombing of Pearl Harbor • Was in school when he he...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Richard Prosch (01:04:35) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Richard was born on March 27, 1921 in Indiana His family later moved to Chicago where his father had just bought a pharmacy Richard graduated from high school...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Mangold (01:19:55) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • • • • Charles was born June 9, 1952 in Saginaw, MI He grew up on a farm in Three Rivers, MI and his dad worked for the county His father sold the f...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charles Windisch (30:55) (00:10) Background Information • • • • • Charles grew up in Allegan County, in Gibson, Michigan His father was a gardener and his mother was a housekeeper.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Gaetan Gerville-Reache U.S. Navy Length of interview: (37:25) (00:00) Early Life and Navy (00:04)Born on October 8, 1976 Served in the Navy from 1998-2002 After nine months of training in Newport, Rhode ...
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- Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...
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- Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...