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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Lawrence Merritt Interview Length: (00:39:06:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:24:00) At the time he joined the military, Merritt’s immediate family were his parents and three sisters; when he joined the milit...
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- Description: Mary Sefton is a Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to April 1972. In her interview transcript she goes into a detailed account of the events surrounding her pre-enlistment, enlistment and training; her tours in Vietnam, and life after the Vietnam War.
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- Text: ...” (00:30:01) “You know in the movies, T.V. shows and all that and certainly in the number of interviews I‟ve done with veterans, the male veterans, you get the idea of boot camp sergeants screaming into your face and calling you a maggot. What was the person, the person that ...
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- Text: ...I was born on July 16th, 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was the oldest of three in the family, and my father was a WWII veteran. He was in the heating and air-conditioning business all of his life, and my mom was stay at home. My grandpa had been a WWI veteran and there was some...
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- Text: ...ed with did a good job in their assignments but above all else, they just wanted to get home (00:54:30:00) Some of the other veterans Scott knows have mental problems as a result of their time in the service and when Scott himself came home, he had nightmares at first (00:54:56:00) o One ni...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Garry Underwood Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:59:35:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:26:00) Underwood was born in Jackson, Michigan in March 1946, although his family lived in the small village Eden, Michigan (00:00:26:...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Harlan Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:25:37:00) Pre-Enlistment Life / Training (00:00:38:00) Harlan was born on December 10th, 1948, in Mancelona, Michigan, in the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula, near Trave...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Transcript Earl Smestad Born: October 15, 1919 in Grand Rapids MI. WWII Veteran 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division Interviewed by: Jennifer Goven and Kelli Brockschmidt Transcribed by: Joa...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Bill Koetje Length of Interview: 02:01:59 Background He was born in Kalamazoo, MI in December 18, 1921.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Wayne Charles Total Time – (01:27:59) Background He was born in Muskegon, Michigan on September 5, 1925 (00:25) o He grew up in Muskegon There were four kids in the ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Ron Kloet part 3 Vietnam War Interview Length: (02:10:14:00) Recap / Fourth Vietnam Tour (00:00:29:00) Prior to deploying for his fourth tour, Kloet attended a captain’s officer course and after completing that, rather tha...
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- Text: ...EW BILL HARDIMAN Born: May 26, 1947 in Pontiac, Michigan Resides: Kentwood, Michigan Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project, Transcribed by: Joan Raymer, September 21, 2013 Interviewer: Now Bill, can you start us off with some background on yourself? To begin with,...