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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Gordon Lantz (35:30) Back ground Information (00:26)                He was born in Leslie, Michigan, on April 7th 1930. (00:30) He had 6 siblings.

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• Text: ...countryside -Gained full custody of his son -Worked with local farmers on his property -Became a profitable venture for him -Veterans’ Administration support has been great for him -Goes to the Veterans’ Hospital in Milwaukee for their specialty in spinal injuries -Feels that i...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Robert Knight Cold War-Post Korean War 1 hour 1 minutes 32 seconds (00:01:50) Early Life Pt. 1 -Born in Decatur, Michigan on March 28, 1933 -Ancestors settled in Decatur in 1828 (00:02:08) Service in the Air Force -Enlisted in the...

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• Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...

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• Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...

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• Description: David Good is a World War II veteran who served with in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. In this account, Good discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. He discusses his work as an electronic technician aboard the USS Alaska at sea in the Pacific.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: David Good Length of Interview: 34 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:15) • Childhood (00:17) o Briefly mentions that he served in the Navy aboard the USS Alaska in the Pacific as a 1st c...

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• Text: ... Germans had just left their bunkers and his crew found a German pistol, a P-38 • Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary was a veteran of the 88th Infantry Division during World War One and he had come to visit Harrison’s crew • He asked if he could give the gun to the president as a souv...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Korean War Era William Brinkman Length of Interview (00:18:40) Background Served in the U.S. Army during Korean War; highest rank: Captain Born in Los Angeles, California, November 11, 1930 Mother died when he was 5, raised by his fa...

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• Description: ...Lyle Edward Booth is a WWII Veteran who served in the United States Army from April 10, 1945 to March 30, 1946 in Yokohama, Japan. Although he was stationed in Japan after the end of the war, Booth's experience gives a clear description of the immense poverty and destruction present in...
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Lyle Edward Booth (00:20:20) (0:53) The draft • Just turned 18 and then drafted into the Army • Left hometown of Onaway, MI for Detroit where passed a physical and was inducted into the Army on April 10, 1945 • From Detroit went t...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Rosadell Galmish Wolf on Elvin Jay Galmish Background (00:00:00) 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps Died September 5, 1944 in service of his country Born in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1921 Grew up on a farm Finished h...

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• Text: His wife passed on some time ago. • (37:22) He lived on his own, until coming to the Veteran’s Home. He has lived there for three years, and likes it. • (38:31) He has two grandchildren, and one grandson. He is estranged from his son.