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• Description: ...Ollie Dean is a World War II veteran that was born in 1927 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In early 1945 at the age of seventeen he joined the U.S. Navy and after training at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago was deployed to the Pacific Theatre and Southeast...
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ollie Dean World War II 41 minutes 7 seconds (00:50) Early Life -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan -May 1, 1927 -Family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan during the Great Depression -Father opened an automobile radio business -Attended Ottaw...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Dale Tauer Interview Length: 1:00:27 Background (00:00:23)  Dale Grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota with one brother and three sisters; he finished high school but it was a “close call” although he graduated i...

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• Description: Lambert Struble is a World War II veteran who was born in Muir, Michigan in 1925. He grew up there and in 1943 he was drafted into the Army and was inducted at Camp Grant, Illinois. He received heavy weapons training at Camp Wolters, Texas and then later at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Lambert Struble World War II 45 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Muir, Michigan on September 18, 1925 -Located in Lyons Township part of Ionia County -He grew up on a farm near Muir -They were able to keep the farm t...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War James Dykstra Time (01:37:20) Background (00:09)        Born in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1947 (00:09) Family owned a wholesale distributorship (00:19) Had 4 siblings (00:53) Went to Seymour ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jerry Muir World War II (1:04:02) Background Information (00:56)            Born April 14 1924 in Grand Rapids Michigan. (1:04) He grew Up in Grand Rapids and attended East Grand Rapids High School. (1:...

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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...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran History Project Interview World War II Anthony Kuna Total Time – (38:29) Background • • • He was born April 23, 1923 in Shepherd, Michigan (00:35) He was a part of the 71st Division He received many medals from the military o He received two B...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 49:07 Albert Larsen WWII Veteran United States Navy; December 1942 to October 1945 YMS minesweeper (00:25) Pre-enlistment: • Born in Arcadia but moved at the age of five to Chicago • Lived in Chicago...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Fred Spencer (01:18:48) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • • Fred was born in Iowa in 1924 and then moved to Kalamazoo, MI in 1935 His father worked for Standard Oil, but lost his job during the Depression so they...