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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Raymond Paul Opeka (01:23:54) (00:20) Background Information • Raymond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1856 • His mother was an accountant and his father worked in a factory • When Ray was only 17 years old he got his mother’s pe...
![Opeka, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2008 Opeka, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6319b3b7cf764c79030db677055c6ce6.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Rasmussen Cold War (Vietnam Era); Cold War (Post-Vietnam); Gulf War 30 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 24, 1942 -Family moved to the West Coast and moved around a lot -Yakima, ...
![Rasmussen, John A (Interview outline and video), 2016 Rasmussen, John A (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b3ec85f92960ca44a0c72521ea183ea4.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Gerald Wells (18:10) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Was in the service 1953-1955 (:07) Born 11/11/1932 (0:14) Lived with his father...
![Wells, Gerald A. (Interview outline and video) 2007 Wells, Gerald A. (Interview outline and video) 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/15138b6a72cf1c90b9404942bf5b043a.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Willard Brock Cold War/Post-Korean War 22 minutes 3 seconds (00:00:23) Early Life -Born on June 8, 1936 in Gaines Township, Michigan -There were nine children in his family -Active household -Remembers every family had a gard...
![Brock, Willard M (Interview outline and video), 2015 Brock, Willard M (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e388dbf5ba707bf0252fb8e2ee6321c4.jpg)
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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...
![Slager, Ralph (Interview outline and video), 2015 Slager, Ralph (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e12fe26d95a109438d5499362288ec74.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Lawrence Koster Length of interview: (54:58) (00:37) Early Life Lawrence (Larry) was born on May 13, 1935 in Grand Rapids Michigan His father was an auto mechanic and his mother was a housekeeper o ...
![Koster, Lawrence R (Interview outline and video), 2015 Koster, Lawrence R (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9cfbda3aab441a94659ff2a0baba46f4.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harry L. Fortier 43:23 Background Information (00:18) Born August 5th 1952 in Ludington, Michigan (00:19) Served in the Army Specialist 4th class (00:20) Due to his father’s job, the family moved often. He had lived in...
![Fortier, Harry L. (Interview outline and video), 2011 Fortier, Harry L. (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1b9ecc71f3aa1e4e262f060db79e67f5.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Baker III Post-Korean War Cold War (00:00:11) Early Life, World War II, and the Korean War -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1935 -Grew up in Kalamazoo -Remembers ration stamps during World War II -Wasn't too concerned abo...
![Baker, John H III (Interview outline and video), 2016 Baker, John H III (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b56006ec58b2c820a44c940938adcc38.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Marvin Besteman Cold War (1950s) 40 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born on June 29, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Grew up on the southwest side of Grand Rapids -Family worked in the produce business -Went to the Unive...
![Besteman, Marvin J (Interview outline and video), 2010 Besteman, Marvin J (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3075dfa92f97774a35c76c6eac8cb134.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project (51:31) Johnnie Myles Background information (00:16) Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1929. (00:18) Part of his family lived in Mississippi and part of it lived in Louisiana (00:54) His f...
![Myles, Johnnie (Interview outline and video), 2011 Myles, Johnnie (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fe0140230aa66de31b063c10e6895d0c.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Kosovo War Fidel Angel Vega Length of interview (00:41:01) (00:00:14) Introduction & Civilian Life Fidel was born in the Bronx, New York on June 30, 1973 (00:00:32) His father worked in silk-screening, while his mo...
![Vega, Fidel (Interview outline and video), 2014 Vega, Fidel (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d385e068b7f7fb99f00b865b1cda11be.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Steve Pullen Vietnam War 45 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -He was born on Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico -His father was an Air Force pilot -They moved around a lot when he was growing up -His father had deployments ...
![Pullen, Steve (Interview outline and video), 2014 Pullen, Steve (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7cb29c62c0518ebcd9f26d90a157b94e.jpg)