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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Forrest Johnson World War II (1:24:20) Background Information (1:20)           Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on January 18th 1922. (1:22) His father was a millwright (1:33) His father kept this job until...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Herm Jongsma (01:26:00) Pre Enlistment • Had to transfer to numerous schools as he was growing up (00:45) • Born in 1931 (01:45) • Father sold apples and baked goods on the street corner (02:00) • His father would also listen to...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Denny Gillem Vietnam War Total Time: 2:47:00 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:00:00) • • • • • • • • • Born June 4th 1941 in Sacramento, California.

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Harvey De Vries Length of Interview (00:58:20) Background Born July 13, 1922 in McBain, Michigan Family were farmers, grew up on the farm Went into service at the age of nineteen Grew acres of corn, oats, wheat, etc.

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War/ Germany Richard Pitsch Interview Length (42:02) (00:10) Family Background       Born December 4, 1952, Born and raised in Byron Center, Michigan where he lived the majority of his life (00:20).

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• Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veteran’s History Project World War II Richard Sieglw Interview Total Time () Background  (2:40) Parents were William and Mary Siegle of BostonMassachusetts o Father’s family immigrated from Russia o Grandfather wasn’t married at the time; came to America...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Joseph Hovinga World War II 58 minutes (00:00:10) Early Life -Born on January 3, 1923 in Dorr, Michigan -His father worked at Nash-Kelvinator in Grand Rapids, Michigan which made refrigerators -His mother was a housewife -They moved ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Alvena Franzen World War II 45 minutes 58 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born on February 2, 1919 in Salamanca, New York and grew up there -Father was the superintendent of Public Works and also worked for BRP Railway -During the Gre...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Duane Quigg World War II 51 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Born in Albion, Michigan on June 29, 1925 -Lived in Albion until he was drafted -His father started off working as a manager at a gas station -He also did odd jobs...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Rocco J. Farano (00:41:00) Brief Introduction • Rocco was born in Troy, NY near Albany. He was enlisted in the military at age 18. (1:05) • Rocco was a student prior to his military career. (1:18) • Started out military ...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Terry Handley 2:02:34 Introduction (00:26)        Terry was born in Niles, Michigan. The first of two sons to Elmer and Eileen Handley on December 30, 1947.