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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Era Robert Drew Introduction (00:00:02) • Born March 16th, 1930 in Decatur, Indiana (00:00:42) ◦ Robert Drew lived in a farm community for his whole life til age 19 with his family of eight; six from the Drew fa...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Afghanistan and Iraq Jeff DeLange Length of Interview (00:21:10) Background Born in Grand Rapids, MI; attended Caledonia High School Father worked at Steelcase and mother was a real estate agent; has two older sisters First family me...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Robert Mulder Name of War: Korean War Length of Interview: (00:59:15) (00:40) Background Information        Robert was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan He went to Southwest Christian S...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George Peterson Jr. (01:02:47) (00:25) Enlistment • • • • • George enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 years old He was sent to Newport, RI for training George made a good friend from Detroit while training and both of them d...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Francis Poll (01:12:37) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Francis was born in Manton, Michigan and lived on a farm He graduated from high school in 1938 and began looking for work, but there were not many jobs availabl...

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• Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project World War II Vern Pouch (41:44) Background Information ()      Born March 4th 1927 in FruitportMichigan. (00:06) He served in the Navy reaching a rank of Ship’s Cook 1st Class. (00:11) Vern enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Earl Lee (00:44:41) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Earl was born in New York, near Canada in 1925, so he grew up during the depression His dad was a mill-worker and they were very poor Earl was the oldest of four ch...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert W. Lewis Korean War Total Time: (00:51:49) Pre-Enlistment (00:44)  He was drafted into the service at age 23.  He was working as a parking lot attendant when he was drafted, and he was not happy about it.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II James Lilley Length: 51:47 (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • James was born in Ferndale, Michigan in 1922 His mother was a housewife and his father was chief engineer for Pontiac Motors He ha...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harvey Lugten (52:36) (00:05) Background Information • • • • • • Harvey was born in Holland, Michigan in 1922 and graduated from Holland high school in 1940 His father was a cabinet maker, but lost his house and job during ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Horton Mallory Length of interview (1:16:30) (0:25) Background Grew up and lived in Elwell, Michigan (0:45) Had worked on the farm with his father all his life (1:03) Was drafted into the Army [during World War II...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Tanjore Splan Korean War Total Time: 1:05:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:40) • • • • • • • Born in September 1929 in St. Ignace, Michigan. Lived in a children’s home from age 4 until he was 11, and then went to work...