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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Richard Tibbe Length of Interview: 00:37:30 Background: Richard was born in Grand Rapids, November 21st, 1945. His father served in the Army in WWII when he was born and would return ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Cold War/Persian Gulf Era James Schmehil 41:58 Introduction (00:11) James was born on February 25, 1963 in Virginia.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project War/Era: WWII Era Name: Mabelle "Barry" Vincent Smith Interviewer: Elaine Schneider Interview Length: (00:52:05:00) Early Life (00:00:20:00) Smith was born in Syracuse, New York on April 23rd, 1920. (00:00:22:00) �...
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- Text: ... patriotism is due to our victory in WWII -He believes that the men who fought on the frontline are the most valuable of our veterans (00:43:51) Miscellaneous Details -His fondest memories are of playing ping pong on Tinian -He has maintained one close friendship with a man that he met who ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph "Hank" DeYoung Cold War 38 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:42) Early Life -Born in 1928 in Spring Lake, Michigan -He stayed in high school through the tenth grade -His father worked in a factory, owned a farm for 6 years, t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Marvin Jalving (00:50:51) (00:10) Background Information • • • • • • • • • Marvin was born in 1924 in Holland, MI His parents had 8 children, six of whom were in the service during World War Two He entered the service...
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- Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project Fay Johnson () Background Information () He was born in LowellMichigan in (approx. 1925). He had one older brother. (00:49) He was in the Martin School District, ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Korea Interviewee: Lloyd Heibel Length of Interview: 00:34:44 (00:18) Family Information and Enlistment Lloyd was born August 19, 1931.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans Project Interview Melvin E. Hospital (01:35:00) [Note on time coding: Mr. Hospital jumped around quite a bit between topics, and the outline below presents some parts of the interview out of order so as to make more sense to the reader.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Barker (00:33:19) Pre-Enlistment • Lived in Six Lakes, Michigan • Grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1926 (00:27) • Father was a barber, and mother was a beautician (00:33) • Moved around a lot as a child (00...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History ProjectWorld War II Albert Eitel (57:03) Background Information (00:10) Born in Scottsdale, Nebraska, on December 25th 1926. (00:14) At the age of 4 in 1928 he and his parents moved to Flint, Mic...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Keith Cole (1:08:48) Background Information (00:06) • • • • • • • He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, on October 4th 1924 but was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (00:07) Graduated high school in 1942. (00:42) Keith’s f...