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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Duane Beukema World War II-Post War 59 minutes 16 seconds (00:00:14) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1928 -Lived there his entire life -Father worked for General Motors in the stamping division at the Wyoming, Michig...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Gene Pasma World War II 1 hour 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Moline, Michigan on August 28, 1923 -Father owned a ninety acre farm east of Moline -Spent early childhood there -Moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
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- Description: Peter Newman is a major in the Michigan National Guard and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois, in 1980 and grew up in Michigan. He took ROTC training in college and was commissioned in the Army in 2002.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Peter Newman War in Afghanistan 2 hours 18 minutes 36 (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Mount Prospect, Illinois on June 18, 1980 -Parents’ names were Jay and Barb -Both of his parents were teachers -His father was a secondary educati...
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- Text: He is also on the Agent Orange registry and goes in once a year for a cancer screening. (1:12:09) He feels that the VA has killed many veterans by filling them with pills.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project The Cold War Marvin Abbott Interview Length: (00:36:56:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:38:00) Abbott was born in June 1938 on a farm in Decatur, Michigan; growing up, Abbott attended a country school before going to Decat...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Allan Ostar World War II 2 hours 2 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born on September 4, 1924 in East Orange, New Jersey -Moved around New Jersey during the Great Depression -Father had had a career in the Army -Family se...
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- Description: ...Butch Romans is a Vietnam War veteran who was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1945. He grew up in Muskegon, Michigan and in 1966 he volunteered for the draft. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, advanced infantry training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and paratrooper training at Fo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Otis “Butch” Romans Vietnam War 2 hours 7 minutes 27 seconds (00:00:36) Early Life -Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1945 -His father had been in the Navy in World War II and fought in the Pacific Theatre -He grew up in Muskegon, M...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Douglas Buikema Interview Total Time: (1:38:00) Background (00:55) Mr. Buikema was born on August 25th, 1946 in Grand Rapids Michigan o Grew up in Wyoming, Michigan o His dad had many jobs, ended up working for an off...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Projects Richard Doyle (1:48:02) Back ground information (00:15) Was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on September 6th 1945 (00:17) He has lived his entire life in Vermont and still resides there....
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Projects Charles Fisher (1:49:00) Background information (00:27) He was born in Irish Hills, Michigan in 1921. (00:32) His dad died of a heart attack when he was 2 in 1923. (00:59) When he was 4 in 1925 his family moved to Wyandot, ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Glenn Lyons (2:15:27) Background Information (1:55) His grand parents immigrated to the U.S. and lived in South Dakota, Illinoi...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Mike Stolk (1:05:47) (:22)Early Life • (:22) He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1920. He went to Union High school in Grand Rapids. • (:29) His father owned a business, making semi-trailers.