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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee Name: Rex Greenawalt Length of Interview: (01:22:33) (03:45) Background Information Rex was born on October 5, 1947 in Plainwell, Michigan His father owned a dry cl...
![Greenawalt, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2005 Greenawalt, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b9c7160a7a33193b5c88f75cf3d53dc7.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Richard Meyer Length: 56:59 (00:15) Background Information • Richard Meyer was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1922 • Both his parents had been previously married and had lost their spouses • He was their only child...
![Meyer, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2009 Meyer, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c4e0c23d70da9cf39c5d5ed55844d912.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Peterson World War II (45:50) Back ground Information (00:55) Born July 26th 1919 in Wichita Falls, Texas. (1:00) He was an only child. (2:04) He was raised by his grandmother.
![Peterson, John (Interview outline and video), 2011 Peterson, John (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4cced27224d8a5a0755960d335da0920.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Ray Remus Name of War: World War II Length of Interview (00:39:24) (00:04) Pre-Enlistment • Worked at an ice cream place, making ice cream in the Muskegon area. (00:10) o Moved from Illinois to find work...
![Remus, Ray L. (Interview outline and video), 2009 Remus, Ray L. (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e2ce5c8ed45ef94fb3cad9479e08f4cb.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project World War II Glenn Marks (50:16) Background Information (00:04) Born July 27th 1925. (00:05) Glenn served in Germany in the medical field. (00:20) Glenn attempted to enlist in high school but was unable to because h...
![Marks, Glenn (Interview outline and video), 2005 Marks, Glenn (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/617618c44f4c3fe6420d419698bee4a7.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project William Sterzick (00:24:11:26) Early Life, Neighbors • (00:39:14)he grew up in Ellicott, MI • (00:46:06)he went to Merriman Elementary School: "a marvelous place to go," it had one room, everyone was from the neighborhood,...
![Sterzick, William J. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Sterzick, William J. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cd25ed3ad566d090db5eb3a5cf9da6b5.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Jack Walbridge Length: 47:55 (00:30) Background Information Jack graduated from Caledonia high school in 1942; he had played football and was a musician He then went to Grand Rapids Community ...
![Walbridge, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004 Walbridge, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1fd73200505c4bdd77b2e3c9dbbaf8cc.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Jake Werner Length: 1:14:36 (00:55) Background Information Jake was born on November 29, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan He went to Union High School and junior college in Grand Rapids After going to college Ja...
![Werner, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2008 Werner, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ad2a03603c7b54aed68ea6006e1c68ad.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Virgil Westdale World War II Total Time: 2:10:10 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:40) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • His father was born in Japan, and immigrated to the United States because h...
![Westdale, Virgil (Interview outline and video), 2009 Westdale, Virgil (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/bd16c2d85fd0a20bb957cfd49ae09996.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Grover DeVault Cold War (Pre-Vietnam); Vietnam War 22 minutes 13 seconds *Note: Times used in outline are with the time code on the tape (00:49:18) Early Life -Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on August 20, 1929 -Grew up there (00:49:...
![DeVault, Grover G (Interview outline and video), 2016 DeVault, Grover G (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3ff30273a8668124be4f59083d343584.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Vernon Swim Cold War; Vietnam War 23 minutes 56 seconds *Note: Times in outline correspond with timecode on tape (00:59:21) Early Life & Becoming a Chaplain -Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1935 -Entered the Army as a chapla...
![Swim, Vernon G (Interview outline and video), 2016 Swim, Vernon G (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fa4cb048ca5960295bc1128842dfe817.jpg)
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- Text: ...n Service -Early on he didn’t feel that his time in the Army had had any major effect on his life -For a long time being a veteran was something that was best kept quiet -Without the GI Bill he wouldn’t have been able to go through graduate school -It is only in recent years that he has...
![Chaffee Jr., Donald (Interview outline and video), 2014 Chaffee Jr., Donald (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/13127e0895567905ab6708a3d94637ad.jpg)