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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Iraq War John Kangas Interview Total Time: 1:13:07 Background (00:17) Raised in Cedar Springs, MI o Born in 1981 (00:30) His mom stays at home, and dad works at GM (00:38) Graduated in 2000 o Became a father shortly...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Noel Miller Vietnam War 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born in Lima, Ohio on March 23, 1949 -Mother and father owned a family farm in Harrod, Ohio -Brought up on that farm until he was five years old -Moved to Fi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Desert Storm Chris Petty 124 Minutes (00:00:11) Pre-enlistment Born October 1969 in Cedar City, Utah o Moved to Salt Lake City and was raised there Father worked at local copper mine Mother was...
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- Text: ...about the Ripcord Association Reunions -Heard that Vazquez-Rodriguez was attending the next reunion -Lee Widjeskog, a fellow veteran from 2nd Battalion, encouraged him to go -When he got to the reunion, C Company survivors embraced him and made him feel welcomed -Got to see Vazquez-Rodrigue...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ron Hudson Vietnam War Time: 1:50:42 (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Three Rivers, Michigan on February 8, 1950 -Father was a commercial pilot -Had flown a bomber in WWII -Mother had grown up in Texas -Met Hudson’s father there duri...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II J.W. Hurst Interview Length: (00:43:07:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:00:00) Born July 1, 1918 (00:00:00:00) Fought in World War II and served with the First Army Task Force (00:01:09:00) Hurst se...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Jake Grit Length of Interview (01:19:16) Background (00:00:16) Born in Grand Rapids, MI; March 16, 1923 Father was a cabinet makers; wasn’t able to keep his job through The Depression Lost the farm during that time Chr...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tony Ten Harmsel World War II (1:18:27) Background Information (00:08) Born February 11 1919 in Iowa. At the age of 7 in 1928 he and his family moved to Holland, Michigan. (20:00) His family ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Ted McCormick Total Time – (01:34:22) Background • • • • • • • • • He was born in Standish, Michigan (00:31) o He was born when there was not a hospital in town He grew up in Flint, Michigan (01:0...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Raymond Boisvenue Vietnam War 47 minutes 17 seconds (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Trenton, Michigan on December 3, 1945 -Small town -Attended a Catholic school for elementary school and went to a public school for high school -At...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Julius Van Oss 49:05 Background information (00:18) Thought life was pretty good before World War II began although when he graduated from high school he was unable to...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Raymond Breen World War II 1 hour 4 minutes 43 seconds (00:00:25) Early Life -Born in Zeeland, Michigan -Tenth child out of twelve in the family -Three of his siblings died in infancy -Still has one sister who is ninety seven year...