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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: George Meyers Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:23:02) (00:15) Background Information George was born in Coloma, Michigan on August 6, 1926 George spent his younger years on his...
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- Text: ...GVSU Veteran’s History Project World War II Marcia Rood Interview Total Time: 13:35 (00:20) Her brother served in the Navy during WWII (00:51) Nearly 6 years old when her brother went into the service; it was 1944 when her bro...
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- Description: ...William VanderWoude is a Vietnam Era veteran, who served in the U.S. Army from November, 1971 to August, 1973. In this account, VanderWoude discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. VanderWoude briefly describes what his active duty experience was like as a nuclear missil...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee’s Name: William VanderWoude Length of Interview: 10 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11) Childhood (00:12) o VanderWoude was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 11, 1948. (00:23) E...
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- Text: ...Interview Notes Interview Length (16:00) Jay Shook World War II Veteran Korean War Veteran US Navy Pre-Enlistment Lived in Caledonia when he signed up for the Navy (0:35) Signed up for travel and adventure (0:47) Training Was trained at Great Lakes, Illinois (0:55) Was there for ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project James Wyatt Vietnam War 32 minutes 15 seconds (00:00:06) Early Life, Basic Training and Berlin Wall Crisis -Born December 4th, 1936. -Highest rank achieved was Specialist 4th class.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Michael Moloney U.S. Army Length of interview (20:12) (00:00) Early life (00:10)Born on September 15, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan Dad was a college professor and his mother w...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Iraq War Michael Gower Length of Interview (00:11:54) Background: (0:00:22) Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan Four sisters, one brother Was in school before entering the service Enlisted, was not drafted Joined t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Steve Byers (00:17:12) (00:34) Retirement from Service • • • • • Steve retired from active duty in August of 1997 He entered the Navy Fleet Reserve and could be called back to duty at any time Steve officially retired from th...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project James Chamberlain (00:52:27) (00:30) Background Information • • • • James was born in Highland Park, MI, on August 16, 1926 His father worked with a realty corporation and his mother was a housewife James went to school in Detr...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Vernon Kayser Total Time – (07:50) Background He was born April 23, 1933 (00:20) He lived on a farm in Caledonia, Michigan (00:35) After high school he too...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Ronald Leistra Name of War: Korean War Length of Interview: (00:08:50) Pre-Enlistment Enlisted because he knew he probably would be drafted (0:40) Enlisted in the Navy because it was a better route than the Army (1...