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- Text: ...his first name (48:46) He did not run his church, but he produced music. He released an album, and performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City (48:15) He wrote many different motivational and faith based texts, and worked in theater (48:56) He was promoted from sales rep all...
![Weaver, David, Sr.(Interview outline and video), 2014 Weaver, David, Sr.(Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c452a6d88c2d5d9a1e2270402b0254fd.jpg)
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- Text: ...-Iceland was backed by Russia, but the locals were very friendly. -Locals worked on the base in kitchens, and theater etc. -Appreciated the fact that the Cold War was not active fighting. -What did you think about the Vietnam War? -He was discharged in January of 1965. -Can’t comment to...
![Zandbergen, Ronald Fay (Interview outline and video), 2015 Zandbergen, Ronald Fay (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5013053e63cc3351a76c6b4470452975.jpg)
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- Text: ...ail gunner of Elvin’s plane had survived (00:29:25) He told Rosadell that they were all set to be sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations, was glad they weren’t Elvin was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters and a Purple Heart (00:30:20) ...
![Galmish, Elvin (Interview outline and video), 2009 Galmish, Elvin (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6c5c85c682192afd4da4948469fd2989.jpg)
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- Text: .... (00:26:05)In Japan, they were building a T.V. station at a naval base in Sasabo from a broken down movie theater. 1st T.V. station, in that area, to broadcast television in English. There for about one year and a half. Was the Station Manager; mostly trained cadets...
![Heintzelman, William L. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Heintzelman, William L. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ff52b58eecaa9685f9d352dddbf64426.jpg)
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- Text: ... Japan surrendered -A few weeks later, Earl’s mother went to a movie and saw a newsreel featuring the I-58 -Ran out of the theater crying -She contacted Captain McVay III (captain of the Indianapolis) to ask about Earl Sr. -Told her that Earl Sr. was a proud father and showed the crew pic...
![Henry, Earl O. Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016 Henry, Earl O. Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/83b2554bc73f39523d44476a7a7e4562.jpg)
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- Text: ...t when they took off or landed -Post-flight and pre-flight took three hours -Spent most time on Midway sleeping -Had a movie theater, bowling alleys, and a basic TV station -There were military families on Midway -There was a high school -Servicemen played sports games against the student...
![Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012 Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/24ac16db7d36d40da24a319c22046a5e.jpg)
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- Text: ...) Non-commissioned Officers & Commissioned Officers at Ramey Air Force Base Pt. 1 -One man flew in the China-Burma-India Theater in WWII -One man flew in a B-17 bomber as a gunner and shot down a German Me-109 fighter plane -One man flew a P-51 fighter plane during the war -Rick was a y...
![Sturim, Frederick P (Interview outline and video), 2015 Sturim, Frederick P (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5ed059593e6593c3fec5e20e931e7e0f.jpg)
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- Text: ...He got into Cambridge quite frequently, but he got into London once. He got to a theater and saw the opening of James Bond: From Russia with Love. The English were very friendly to him and he really enjoyed his time over there. While he was over there, there was a problem with men taking wo...
![Fields, Mike (Interview outline and video), 2010 Fields, Mike (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0172a3062d99f398fe9d50ff85b609b2.jpg)
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- Text: ...d once the invasion had started (01:04:11:00) o As well, the engineers had to quickly construct the pipelines out of Kuwait, theater sustainment nodes for both the Army and Marines, and the primary prisoner of war camp (01:04:25:00) o The engineers were also told to begin constructing re-de...
![Heine, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012 Heine, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/579646f414faeb7faee73262740e5f01.jpg)
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- Text: ...off the train because there was going to be a four hour stop, so we all got off the train and walked into town and went to a theater. By this time we‘d picked up two white guys from Grand Rapids, so we said, ―Let‘s go kill some time in the movie theater‖, so they went and g...
![Redwine, Gerald (Interview transcript and video), 2011 Redwine, Gerald (Interview transcript and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/104f0dabb40ddc8f424d3db408775d0b.jpg)
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- Text: ...James Smither: Right, cause you’re not right in town. Dorothy Folkema: No. James Smither: Right where the theaters were. Dorothy Folkema: Occasionally, now once a month, there was a church in Godwin Heights that 30:00 had a dinner, and the girls I worked with would give me a dime for gas...
![Folkema, Dorothy (Interview transcript and video), 2009 Folkema, Dorothy (Interview transcript and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9ba8c8cd448ab52e7ecf83645719bcca.jpg)
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- Text: ...Well, for the record I would like to say that in 1944 Glenn Miller performed for the troops in Plymouth at the theater and, Harry was in France, so it must have been later in ‟44, and so one of his buddies that didn‟t go over took me to this because it was for servicemen, you know. 41:1...
![Kilmer, Dora (Interview transcript and video), 2012 Kilmer, Dora (Interview transcript and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c630011abb715331e09c97427fd056df.jpg)