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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Korean War Interviewee name: Bernard J. Huizenga Length of Interview: (00:29:15) (00:00:25)Pre-Enlistment Childhood/Education o Served in the Korean War, Navy. o Born in July 20, 1929, Grand Rapids, MI. o...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Green (00:36:31) Background (00:10) • Born 08/3/1930 (00:10) • Served two years in the army at Fort Carson, Colorado. (00:27) • Grew up in Lowell.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Richard Cannon Interview Total Time: 34:45 Background (00:11) Born in Gary, Indiana, in 1925 o Went to high school here also, graduated in 1943 (00:24) Dad was a custodian, mom worked in hotels (00:42) ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Fred Fleischmann (1:04:30) Background Information (1:00) • • • • • • • Born November 17th 1950 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (1:05) Served in U. S. Air Force from October 1972-August 1976. (1:17) Because Fred had a low draft...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Chris Meeuwenburg Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (01:31:27) (00:30) Background Information Chris was born in Fremont, Michigan and drafted into the Army in 1943 when he was 19 year...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview James Pond Length: 45:31 (00:00) Background Information • James was born in 1925 in California and enlisted in the Navy in 1943 • James went to high school in Santa Ana and had wanted to join the Navy when he was 16 yea...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George Robinson (01:20:37) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • George was born in Allegan, Michigan in 1922 His father worked at Baker Furniture as a factory foreman George graduated from high school in 1942 While in sch...
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- Text: ...Jack Robinson WWII Veteran United States Merchant Marine (58:58) (:15:00)Born in Newton Massachusetts 1924; Grew up in Boston Massachusetts Adirondacks, New York: Lake George • Started racing sailboats when he was 10 yrs old • Began co...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Robert Loftis Total Time – (39:06) Background · He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan – July 28, 1922 · His mother died when he was six years old (00:29) o His brother was two years old at the time o Moved ...
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- Text: GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project World War II Jay Lutke (1:05:04) Background Information (00:02) Born in Michigan in May of 1918. (00:02) Jay was inducted into the Army on May 1st (1943) just before his 27th [25th?]
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Elbert Lyles (36:30) Back ground information (00:09) Born May 10th, 1920 in Mississippi. He grew up in the area. (00:10) His mother worked as a maid and housekeeper. (00:30) He was an on...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Kay Maxson Korean War Era (53:12) Background Information (00:14) Born in Lowell, Michigan, in 1933.(00:18) His parents were divorced when he was a 9 in 1942. (00:40) He lived with his mother. (1:05) He a...