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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Shapin (01:11:27) Childhood (00:10:18) born in Brooklyn, raised in the Syosset Bay neighborhood near the ocean (00:26:10) his father was in the wholesale fish business, his mother was a housewife; both parents were born in the U...
Shapin, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Duane Harvey World War II 1 hour 36 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Smelter City, Oklahoma in 1924 -Father worked at the Eagle Pitcher Zinc Smelter -Worked part time during the Great Depression -Also worked odd jobs...
Harvey, Duane (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Tom Sibley Length of interview: 01:22:52:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:09:00)  Born in Muskegon, Michigan in May, 1945 (0:00:09:00)  His father had a couple of kids before Sibley and was working in Muskegon at a de...
Sibley, Thomas (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Description: After Vietnam, he spent a year and a half in the Transport Corps in Washington DC. After his time in the service, he worked for various different veterans support and advocacy groups on the west coast.
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  • Text: ...re uneasy about me in the business setting, but nobody ever said anything to me. I was actually hired at IBM because I was a veteran, because the people at IBM that do the hiring, are the managers for whom you‟re going to work, and the guy who hired me was a veteran and he liked ...
Wilcox, Jeffrey (Interview transcript and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Jim Harris Total Time – (01:17:00) Background • • • • • • • • • • He was born in South Dakota on December 29, 1941 (00:27) When he was eight years old, his family moved to Minneapolis He gradua...
Harris, James (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Bolinder (01:46:00) Introduction (00:17) Family and Pre-enlistment (00:44) Born in the Bronx, NY in 1923. His family moved to NJ a year after he was born.
Bolinder, Robert (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael McGregor (2:23:37) Background Information (00:03)             Born in Indiana on February 5th 1943. (00:04) His father was a career soldier in the Army.
McGregor, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II - WACs Lillian Remus Length of Interview: (00:09) DM: This is Douglas Montagna from Grand Valley State and I‟m here talking with Lillian Remus about her experiences during World War II.
Remus, Lillian (Interview transcript and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Les Alcumbrack (01:02:00) Background • Full name is Lester Alcumbrack (00:14) • From Kentwood, MI (00:31) • Born in Grand Rapids, his family moved to the corner of 32nd and East Paris when he was about five years old. (00:44) • ...
Alcumbrack, Lester (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Gene Pasma World War II 1 hour 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Moline, Michigan on August 28, 1923 -Father owned a ninety acre farm east of Moline -Spent early childhood there -Moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
Pasma, Gene H. (Interview outline and video)

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  • Description: Peter Newman is a major in the Michigan National Guard and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois, in 1980 and grew up in Michigan. He took ROTC training in college and was commissioned in the Army in 2002.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Peter Newman War in Afghanistan 2 hours 18 minutes 36 (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Mount Prospect, Illinois on June 18, 1980 -Parents’ names were Jay and Barb -Both of his parents were teachers -His father was a secondary educati...
Newman, Peter (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: He is also on the Agent Orange registry and goes in once a year for a cancer screening. (1:12:09) He feels that the VA has killed many veterans by filling them with pills.
Cavanaugh, Sidney Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2013