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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jack Baas World War II (1:34:14) Background Information (00:10) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1920. He grew up in Grand Rapids. (00:15) He attended Christian schools through the elementary level...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael Burton (01:02:14) (00:14) Pre-enlistment: • He was born in Detroit and grew up in Trenton, MI • Went to Grand Valley State College for in 1965 for one year • His Father worked for Ford Motor and his mother stayed home to r...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Donald Buteyn (01:46:00) Introduction (00:16) Family and childhood (01:46) • Buteyn mentions that he grew up in Wisconsin, about 20 miles south of Fond du Lac.
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- Text: ...He would go into construction, and work with his dad. He stays in contact with other veterans who served, but there aren’t very many left anymore. They also keep in contact with wives and widows as well. (39:10) Most of the guys who had gone in with him were older, so many of them are not...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Douglas Broek (1:00:35) Background Information. (1:34) Born in Muskegon, Michigan, November 2, 1947(1:40) He is of Dutch decent. (2:00) He was raised in Muskegon and attended at Muskegon schools until hi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Korean War Laverne Bivens Interview Length: (00:19:53:00) Training and Service (00:00:27:00) One day, he received a letter saying that his friends and neighbors had chosen him to serve in the military (00:00:27:00) o This was du...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Harold Day 38:52 Introduction (00:24) Harold was born in Ava, Missouri on June 26, 1949. He grew up there with his family that was in the restaurant business along with farming.
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- Description: ...Lewis McDonald of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a World War II veteran who served as a pilot with the Eighth Air Force. Lewis was drafted in 1943 and went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for basic training. While there, he was recruited into a pilot training program, and was sent to England in late 194...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Lewis McDonald Length of Interview (0:00:00- 1:23:17) (0:00:00 – 0:03:10) Background Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in December 1922 (0:00:16) Went to St.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Tom Meyer Vietnam War 1 hour 18 minutes 36 seconds (00:00:44) Early Life -Born in 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois -Grew up in Cicero, Illinois -Father was in the garbage business -Helped his father clean the offices -Father was a WWII
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Stephen Nyenhuis Total Time – (38:41) Background He was born on April 11, 1949 (00:04) He was born in Princeton, Minnesota (00:27) o At the age of 2, his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Desert Storm Leanne Rooker Length of Interview: 14:27 [not sure who the interviewer is here so using XX as initials. (00:02) XX: What is your maiden name?
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- Text: ...d he went home to visit his family before reporting to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, (11:01) Because his father was a World War I veteran, when Harold left him to go overseas, he broke down because he realized that it might be the last time he saw his son. (11:27) Reported back to camp before ...