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- Text: Veteran: Yes. Yes. Interviewer: Okay. And so, where did they send you for basic training? Veteran: Camp Livingston. Interviewer: Okay, and where is that? 6 Veteran: Louisiana.
![Erskine, Vernon (Interview transcript and video), 2020 Erskine, Vernon (Interview transcript and video), 2020](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4b88c542402d60388e0a406683e751cc.jpg)
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- Text: Veteran: For 6 weeks. Interviewer: So, what kind of training did you get in San Diego? Veteran: Well, we had to make sure we knew how to swim. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: We exercised.
![Adams, Rita (Interview transcript and video), 2021 Adams, Rita (Interview transcript and video), 2021](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/49ddde5911b6ac1c645424fc69f506b1.jpg)
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- Text: Veteran: Yeah, quite a bit north. Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran: That’s actually east of Brittany. Interviewer: Yes. Veteran: East of Rennes. 3 Interviewer: Yeah. Right. Okay.
![Bertrand, Emile (Interview transcript and video), 2019 Bertrand, Emile (Interview transcript and video), 2019](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4af197bf3d5e7e19e1ec6cbdac7b7dfc.jpg)
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- Text: Veteran: That was on the radio. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Alright. And when you first heard the news, did you understand what that meant? Veteran: Not really.
![Crow, William (Interview transcript and video), 2017 Crow, William (Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2d0883bf6b478c24cd5870f8dba6485b.jpg)
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- Description: He returned home from Vietnam in February 1971. Roger is currently involved in a Vietnam veterans’ group in Michigan.
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- Text: ...So…And when the time came, we…at least I had a friend, a classmate, that we were good friends. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: And we went through basic training at Fort Knox. Interviewer: Where did you report to first? Veteran: Paw Paw, Michigan. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran
![Healy, Roger (Interview transcript and video), 2019 Healy, Roger (Interview transcript and video), 2019](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0951ecf3d3be47f371e30bb278526f13.jpg)
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- Text: I mean, were they at Long Binh or one of the bases? Veteran: Yes. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yes. Correct. (00:22:14) Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: And it was there and then we would go out and we would go out to these firebases.
![Stark, Charles (Interview transcript and video), 2018 Stark, Charles (Interview transcript and video), 2018](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5e993c43c71c52c1f3f7dc06846d5aac.jpg)
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- Text: And none with jungle warfare or anything else like this. Veteran: Well, I went to jungle warfare training school in Panama. Interviewer: Okay, so you did do those. Veteran: For two weeks. Interviewer: Okay. 30 Veteran: You know?
![Johnson, William (Interview transcript and video), 2021 Johnson, William (Interview transcript and video), 2021](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/59c690c567d3212017a84c97c897dc9d.jpg)
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- Description: He returned home from Vietnam in December 1970. Chester is currently involved with a veterans’ group in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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- Text: Veteran: It was Cam Ranh Bay. Interviewer: Yeah. And then they come in— Veteran: Which is down south. Interviewer: That’s right. Veteran: Down south. Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran: Right.
![Johnson, Chester (Interview transcript and video), 2019 Johnson, Chester (Interview transcript and video), 2019](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/656d13b9f68da0ee992bf884e0a3b6d6.jpg)
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- Description: He is now actively involved in ministry. Wesley and his wife currently work with the Veterans Treatment Court of Muskegon County.
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- Text: ...I mean, did your father have a college education or just a lot of technical training? Veteran: There was a lot of technical training in there. You know? 2 Interviewer: Okay. Alright. And did you finish high school? Veteran: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Interviewer: What year did you— ...
![Spyke, Wesley (Interview transcript and video), 2019 Spyke, Wesley (Interview transcript and video), 2019](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/10190d6feae8910cecff64eae9cfe2b7.jpg)
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- Text: ...I had to come back quickly for that. But anyway— Interviewer: I think that would have been ’61? Veteran: Was it ’61? Interviewer: Berlin Wall, yeah. Veteran: ’61… Interviewer: Yeah, Cuban Missile Crisis is 1962. Veteran: 1961— Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran
![Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 1), 2017 Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 1), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7340d2fbbd56f5485a781b8e15fba4ad.jpg)
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- Text: And the dates when you are there? Veteran: Say again? Interviewer: The dates when you were there? Veteran: I arrived there…I think it would have been June of 1969. Interviewer: Okay. And how long did you stay?
![Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 3), 2017 Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 3), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cbf1fa6f755cf5a0ea9198861f8eab7b.jpg)
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- Description: He has been the president of the program since it first began. Roger is committed to helping veterans and their families.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Roger Talmadge Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Grace Balog Interview length: 1:37:52 Interviewer: Alright, we are continuing Roger Talmadge’s interview and we had worked our way thr...
![Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 5), 2017 Talmadge, Roger (Interview transcript and video, part 5), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ae9c8c2ba3880edf22312455d2630655.jpg)