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- Text: from being part of a major oil company to being independent (01:20) He called the gas station his gold mine He went to high school at Muskegon High School (01:39) He remembers hearing about Pearl Harbor when he was down at the Michigan Theater (01:48
![Charles, Wayne (Interview outline and video), 2013 Charles, Wayne (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/efbe935243dba1254ba1345bd7ce65d6.jpg)
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- Text: the other guys marbles out of the ring (9:44) High school • Played some baseball o Best “sport” was marbles, though • Very involved with theater o Got the lead role both his junior and senior year Each play was 3 hours long • Didn’t go to prom • Used
![Callahan, Glendle Gene (Interview outline and video), 2007 Callahan, Glendle Gene (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/81bf210b02c2ea1177aca9d44852785f.jpg)
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- Text: a small air field, a movie theater, and small recreation areas. Stayed in Adak to recuperate from the battle of Attu. (32:29) Troops moved to Kiska on August 15, which was the island that the Japanese were most prominent on. Were told that this would
![Manes, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2004 Manes, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c45af4682cd8f832715a6f102c453619.jpg)
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- Text: training for an hour or an hour and a half. The men then ate and began a scheduled training exercised afterword’s. (16:02) During down time men were able to go out to bars or use some enmities on the base such as movie theaters. (16:51) The men received
![Durham, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012 Durham, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0bd05e3e262085c76a252a3a9ad123db.jpg)
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- Text: fight in the European theater. (17:55) • From Fort Devens, Massachusetts he took a train across the country and ended up in San Francisco, California. (20:14) Trump describes his brief stay in San Francisco. From there he mentions boarding a luxury
![Tromp, Woodrow J. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Tromp, Woodrow J. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d72ded5dbd77f446fe91076424865b22.jpg)
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- Text: , at a theater where he decided to stay for the movie. (00:28:30) France -Travelled to France in July. D+39 -Crossed the channel on the SS Invicta. -Climbed down rope nets to water and waded ashore. -German prisoners of war were being held on shore. -Landed
![Hollebeek, Dick David (Interview outline and video), 2015 Hollebeek, Dick David (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cdf793ae08d32e7a91a3cc1897f3d8d8.jpg)
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- Text: ) Deployment to Europe -In November 1944, some of the infantry regiments were selected to deploy to the European Theater -The 242nd Infantry Regiment was one of them -Went to New York City and boarded a troopship -Converted freighter that was capable of holding
![Ostar, Allan W (Interview outline and video), 2016 Ostar, Allan W (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/848138b744ec3ee00f0cb33b6a7fa7a1.jpg)
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- Description: Ben VanSlooten served in the United States Army during WW II from May 13, 1943 to October 30, 1946 in the European Theater. VanSlooten discusses life on the home front, his time in basic training, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, Operation "Market
![VanSlooten, Ben (Interview outline and video), 2006 VanSlooten, Ben (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/96936028d896e99a5f4fefb022ba2aa8.jpg)
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- Text: down with the ship, among them Earl O. Henry Sr. -Earl Jr.’s mother received news of Earl Sr.’s death on the same day Japan surrendered -A few weeks later, Earl’s mother went to a movie and saw a newsreel featuring the I-58 -Ran out of the theater
![Henry, Earl O. Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016 Henry, Earl O. Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/83b2554bc73f39523d44476a7a7e4562.jpg)
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- Text: Mississippi to practice maneuvers. (12:07) He was based at Camp Van Dorn for almost a year from 1943-1944. (12:55) While off duty, there was a theater at the base the men could visit. (13:23) He did go off bases. The men would often go to Baton Rouge or New
![Kandra, John (Interview outline and video), 2012 Kandra, John (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/adea33192e217ac7a33534c1762113e0.jpg)
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- Text: theater tickets but he turned them down because of his religious upbringing. The general offered him protection from other soldiers if he was harassed about his religion. (12:49) st Every Wednesday night he attended
![Harmsel, Tony Ten (Interview outline and video), 2011 Harmsel, Tony Ten (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1ba4947bf07b1071f592ded87a7b87c5.jpg)