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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Denny Gillem Vietnam War (Note: This session covers the material missing from the original interview, mostly dealing with his second tour in Vietnam) Interview Length: (01:48:51:00) Review of West Point / 1st Vietnam Tour (00:01:02...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Jim Hodges Interview Length: (01:32:58:00) Preenlistment / Training (00:00:11:00)  Born in Houston, Texas in 1951 (00:00:11:00)  Dad was a radio/television repairman and owned his own business for 26 year...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 13:56 Randolph Elbert Phillips Jr. Vietnam Veteran United States Navy, February 1963 to August 1968 A-Branch (00:26) Pre-enlistment/Family: • Due to poor grades in college he joined the Navy • J...

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• Text: ...L HISTORY INTERVIEW KEN DAVID Born: January 1950, Gerard, Ohio Resides: Niles, Ohio Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project, Transcribed by: Joan Raymer, October 26, 2012 Interviewer: Can you start us off with some background on yourself, where and when were you bo...

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• Text: ...ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW PAUL CETON Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project Transcribed by: Rachel Ayers, June 10, 2014 Interviewer: We’re talking today with Paul Ceton of Grand Rapids Michigan, and the interviewer is James Smither, of Grand Valley State University...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War / Cold War Alan Toms 2 Interview Length: (01:41:34:00) Vietnam Deployment (00:00:39:00)  While Toms was in the Ia Drang Valley, the operation he was a part off lasted for about two months and during that time, Tom�...

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• Text: ...Well, I had an uncle that was in at that time and I kind of idolized him. I had a dad who was a WW I veteran and who was a Dutch immigrant. He was red, white and blue and things like Memorial Day and any holiday was sacred. 1:45 I guess it was ingrained and I guess I, for some reason or oth...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Michael Van Dreumel Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:19:26:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:18:00) · Van Dreumel was born on June 19th, 1943 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and he grew up in the city (00:00:18:00) o Van Dreumel ...

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• Text: ...NTERVIEW BOB ANDERSON Born: August 1948, Kalamazoo, Michigan Resides: Ada, Michigan Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project, Transcribed by: Joan Raymer, August 24, 2012 Interviewer: Bob, can you start us off with some background on yourself? To begin with, where a...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Roger Oppenhuizen Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:06:25:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:32:00)  Oppenhuizen was born in inner-city Grand Rapids, Michigan and lived there until he finished college and married, at which poi...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project William Van Luyn Part 2 World War II Interview Length: (01:32:34:00) Recollections of Europe (00:00:52:00)  During the war, Van Luyn served as a member of the 1303rd General Service Engineering Regiment (00:00:52:00)  Prior joinin...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Dennis Bassett Interview Length: (01:53:58:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:10:00)  Bassett was born in February, 1942, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Bassett’s father worked for General Motors and his mothe...