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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Richard Johnson Vietnam War; Cold War 20 minutes 45 seconds *Note: Times in the outline correspond with the timecode (02:27:42) Early Life & Enlisted Service -Born in Lincoln, Kansas, in January 1932 -Drafted into the Army in Oct...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project David Bluem Vietnam War 49 minutes 30 seconds (00:00:04) -Born on December 13th, 1944 in Saginaw, Michigan. -Highest rank achieved Specialist 5th class.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Joseph Connelly Length of interview (1:38:19) (0:00:17) Background Born in East St. Louis, Illinois January 11, 1949 (0:35) Lived here until he was drafted in to the military (0:50) Father worked as a meat cutter a...
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- Text: ...however Ron was in better shape than most. (6:25) Basic training lasted 6 weeks. (7:00) Some of the instructors were Vietnam veterans. (7:32) Next, Ron was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for AIT [Advanced Individual Training]. Ron was assigned to Field Artillery. (8:11) Ron was trained on 155...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Norris Einertson Cold War (Pre-Vietnam); Vietnam War; Cold War (Post-Vietnam) 28 minutes 3 seconds *Note: Times in the outline correspond with the timecode on the interview (01:12:13) Early Life -Born on August 6, 1930, near Westbroo...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Al Johnson Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (01:17:23) Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:00) Born in Columbus, OH in 1923.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Carl Ballard Length: 1:16:57 (03:00) Background Information • • • • Carl was born on October 16, 1932 in Kent County, Michigan He went to Wayland high school and graduated in 1951 Carl expected that he would be drafte...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Arch Crist (00:17:34) (00:44) Pre-enlistment: • Graduated high school in 1945 • Lived in River Falls, WI • When to River Falls State Teachers College; which is now part of Wisconsin University • After a year of school he decided...