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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Iraq Interviewee Name: Michael Adams Length of Interview: 00:30:35 Background He wanted to be in the armed forces since he was six or seven.
![Adams, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2010 Adams, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6b51be0fe9fc973b82361a0c0a02a9ab.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harry Daleure (1:05:07) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • Harry was born in Salem, Indiana on July 16, 1926 The area had bad weather and lots of snow He lived in a small town of about 5,000 and it was a nice area f...
![Daleure, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2007 Daleure, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4f82791703b571ed8bfa2dbf4e6241e5.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Al Orr Name of War: Vietnam War Length of Interview: (00:40:16) (00:20) Background Information • Al was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 1935 • Al graduated from the US Naval Academy in...
![Orr, Al (Interview outline and video), 2004 Orr, Al (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/33de211d072b2a549acedda429700931.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tony Pacino (24:12) Background Information (00:14) Served with the Marine Corps as a combat medic (Navy Corpsman) in Somalia (00:15) Tony joined the military due to its education opportunities. (00:21) He en...
![Pacino, Anthony (Interview outline and video), 2012 Pacino, Anthony (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a01a05bd588942e04e99b632dd507d20.jpg)
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- Text: ...fter he was discharged (1:05:00) Made a lot of close friends while in the service, he the only one left (1:06:00) Joined the Veterans Foreign Wars (VFW) for a while but quit (1:08:09) Member of the 1st Marine Division association and Guadalcanal association (1:08:00) Worked at Bastian-Bless...
![Reiss, Joe (Interview outline and video), 2012 Reiss, Joe (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6a7bb092168ff2b8b5ca1c40fea52191.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Paul Wilt Cold War-Early 1960s 26 minutes 26 seconds (00:00:07) Early Life -Born in Fairmont, West Virginia on June 30, 1942 -Had a brother who is now deceased -Father worked and mother stayed at home -Played football, baseball, ...
![Wilt, Paul L (Interview outline and video), 2015 Wilt, Paul L (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f5d34d01fef9a10b207ecf4186844b22.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Lawrence Gardner (01:06:56) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • Lawrence was born in Illinois near the Mississippi River His father worked for the railroad and often was transferred around the state Many of Lawrence�...
![Gardner, Lawrence D. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Gardner, Lawrence D. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0af0b147d38a3b3b6621231ca7d81e3f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Rex Rogers (57:33) (00:25) Background Information • Rex was born in Lansing, Michigan in the early twenties • His father was a tool and dye maker • They moved to Battle Creek, Michigan where Rex went to school • During high scho...
![Rogers, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2008 Rogers, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/87cda267b70c0e341f6ac0dd27bf3b67.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Gordon Rowe Length: 44:07 (00:15) Background Information Gordon was born on May 23, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan He grew up in Highland Park and went to school in Ferndale Gordon’s father worke...
![Rowe, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008 Rowe, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/10cc480b3da16c8694caa3d32f8d7a4e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Brian Sager (40:42) Background Information (00:22) He was born in approx. 1978 and was raised in Brown City, Michigan, where he attended and graduated high school. (00:22) After graduating high school, Brian joined ...
![Sager, Brian (Interview outline and video), 2011 Sager, Brian (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a896a9dcd799fdb8191255101595450d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project World War II Bill Karpowicz Total Time (01:12:18) Background (00:00:48) Bill was born February 10th, 1924 in Muskegon, Michigan and had four sisters; Bill's father worked as a shoe repairman and in a foundry while his mot...
![Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013 Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/954bc6beffe28e1d41ade01a487be8c7.jpg)