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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Leo Pfaller (00:29:35) (00:00) Early Years: • Grew up in a lower middle class family • Graduated from Lowell High School • Father was an immigrant from Germany and married his mother in 1927 • His parents moved Lowell from South...
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- Text: ...After he was done at the farm, he went back to work at the dairy as a driver/salesman. He is not a member of any veterans’ organizations. In the little village of Martin, he and other veterans from every era, get together and talk about things and march around in parades. (1...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph Slager World War II-Post War 28 minutes 52 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Comstock, Michigan on January 9, 1928 -Grew up in Comstock and lived there until he got married -His father worked in a lumberyard then for the U...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Raymond Hawkins, Jr. Length: 37:44 (00:10) Background Information Raymond was born on July 7, 1956 in San Juan, Puerto Rico His father had been in the Navy and stationed in Puerto Rico when Raymond was...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Harry Kamer Length of Interview: 46:23 Background Information (00:10) Born in Hudsonville, Michigan, outside of Grand Rapids
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Era Harold Gless 28:07 Introduction (00:24) Harold was born on February 6, 1927 on a farm near Alto, Michigan.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Dick Bailey (00:35:52) Born in Grove City Pennsylvania on December 4, 1922 (00:25) Dad worked as a coal miner (00:35) He had six siblings, four brothers and two sisters (01:30) Quit school Freshman year of high sc...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Matthew Brong (40:55) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • Matthew was born on September 22, 1983 in Petoskey, MI He enlisted in the Army and was in Iraq from August 2006-May 2007 Matthew graduated from high school in...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Tex Campbell Length of Interview: 52:23 min (00:17) Background Information Born February 20, 1949 in Grand Prairie, Texas (00:20) Father in oil drilling business, moved around frequently (00:44) Father was in World...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Jack Floyd (129:15) Born in St Charles, MI July 2nd 1922 Pre Military Had to walk two miles to school in Lake Orion MI Family moved to Pontiac for only a year, then back to Lake Orion, Detroit area.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: John Mulder Length of Interview (00:26:30) Pre-Enlistment Born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, MI(0:03) Grew up in Montana during the Depression (0:30) 16 years old when World War II b...