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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Julius “Bud” Masinick (01:29:46) (0:09:25) Pre-Enlistment • • • • • • Born February 5, 1925 in Maryd, PA, which is in Eastern Pennsylvania. Father was a coal miner Moved to Detroit in 1936, father worked at US Rubber Fi...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Frank Warner (01:14:53) (00:15) Background Information • • • Frank was born in Michigan in 1918 and grew up during the depression His father died four months before he was even born His mother played the organ and piano for movie...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Evertt S. Thompson (00:53:27) (01:36) Born in Detroit Michigan 1924 Dec 19 (02:02) He was drafted in march 1943 (02:23) He wanted to be a pilot yet found out that he was color blind (03:03) He did his basic at Florida (03:46)...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Jane Breidenfield Length of interview: (38:20) (00:15) Early Life     (00:20) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 23, 1921 (00:30) She grew up in Grand Rapids and her father was a carpenter who...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Wesley Pontier Length of interview: 1:26:30 (00:00) Pre-enlistment         (00:20) Born in Clifton, New Jersey on October 4, 1921 (1:00) Graduated Clifton High School in 1939 (1:09) His f...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jack Stoepker World War II-Postwar (00:00:10) Early Life -Born on February 7, 1928 in Holland, Michigan -Moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan when he was two years old -Has lived in Grand Rapids ever since -His father was a salesman for a...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project William Huyser World War II 35 minutes 46 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life Pt. 1 -Born August 3, 1924 in Pella, Iowa -Grew up on a farm that his parents were renting (00:00:33) Start of the War Pt. 1 -He remembers December 7, 1941 and h...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Gulf War Robert Stauffer Length of interview: (43:19) (00:00) Early Life    Robert was born on May 4, 1971 in Lansing, Michigan He spend the entirety of his childhood in Caledonia, Michigan o His mother was a part-...

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• Description: ... of personnel during the September 11th Attacks. After he retired from the Army he has stayed active with support groups for veterans, and helped with the Truth Commission on Conscience in War, and has also written on Moral Injury in War. ...
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Herman Keizer Cold War/Vietnam War/Peacetime/War on Terror 1 hour 43 minutes 13 seconds (00:00:49) Early Life -Born in Chicago on May 21, 1938 -He was the oldest of seven children -He had four sisters and two brothers ...

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• Text: ...-Greeted by servicemen and servicewomen thanking the veterans for their service -Had a police escort through Washington D.C. -Stopped at the Air Force Memorial -Saw the Iwo Jima Memorial and the First World War Memorial -Visited the World War Two Memorial -Emotionally profound moment that d...

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• Text: ...rsonnel during his time in race relations -Saw it as a war he had to fight with the people (00:58:15) Patriotism & Black Veterans Pt. 1 -In 2010 he started to work with black Americans on patriotism -Started the Glad to be American National Association -Trying to teach black Americans t...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Name of Interviewee: Ron Joyner Length of Interview: 00:31:02 Background:  Born May 1948.  Served in the US Army in Vietnam and the Cold War  He was born in Macon, Georgia.  His father was a fa...