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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Shapin (01:11:27) Childhood (00:10:18) born in Brooklyn, raised in the Syosset Bay neighborhood near the ocean (00:26:10) his father was in the wholesale fish business, his mother was a housewife; both parents were born in the U...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Bernard DePrimo World War II 1 hour 14 minutes 35 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania -Lived there for two years -Moved to Detroit, Michigan -Father's mine in Pennsylvania had gone down -Fath...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Duane Harvey World War II 1 hour 36 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Smelter City, Oklahoma in 1924 -Father worked at the Eagle Pitcher Zinc Smelter -Worked part time during the Great Depression -Also worked odd jobs...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Lund Vietnam War 54 minutes 43 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born in Cadillac, Michigan, in 1950 -Went through Cadillac's public schools -Father was in the rubber business and worked as an automotive supplier (00:01:00)...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Tom Sibley Length of interview: 01:22:52:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:09:00) Born in Muskegon, Michigan in May, 1945 (0:00:09:00) His father had a couple of kids before Sibley and was working in Muskegon at a de...
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- Description: After Vietnam, he spent a year and a half in the Transport Corps in Washington DC. After his time in the service, he worked for various different veterans support and advocacy groups on the west coast.
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- Text: ...re uneasy about me in the business setting, but nobody ever said anything to me. I was actually hired at IBM because I was a veteran, because the people at IBM that do the hiring, are the managers for whom you‟re going to work, and the guy who hired me was a veteran and he liked ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Jim Harris Total Time – (01:17:00) Background • • • • • • • • • • He was born in South Dakota on December 29, 1941 (00:27) When he was eight years old, his family moved to Minneapolis He gradua...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Bolinder (01:46:00) Introduction (00:17) Family and Pre-enlistment (00:44) Born in the Bronx, NY in 1923. His family moved to NJ a year after he was born.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael McGregor (2:23:37) Background Information (00:03) Born in Indiana on February 5th 1943. (00:04) His father was a career soldier in the Army.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II - WACs Lillian Remus Length of Interview: (00:09) DM: This is Douglas Montagna from Grand Valley State and I‟m here talking with Lillian Remus about her experiences during World War II.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Les Alcumbrack (01:02:00) Background • Full name is Lester Alcumbrack (00:14) • From Kentwood, MI (00:31) • Born in Grand Rapids, his family moved to the corner of 32nd and East Paris when he was about five years old. (00:44) • ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Arden Pridgeon World War II 1 hour 18 minutes 15 seconds (00:00:20) Early Life -Born on April 5, 1924, in Isabella County, Michigan, at home on the family farm -Attended a one-room schoolhouse -Farm had no electricity, and no vehi...