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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Cornelia Ooms Interviewer: Frank Boring Transcribed by Emilee G. Johnson, Western Michigan University Length: 41:14 Frank Boring: Well, let’s begin, if you could tell us your full name and where you were born.
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- Text: ...ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW JOE BRINN Born: Portsmouth, Virginia Resides: Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project, Transcribed by: Joan Raymer, February 23, 2013 Interviewer: Now Mr. Brinn, can you begin by giving us a little basic background on yourself? To start with,...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project World War II Edward Johnson 2 Interview Length: (01:30:07:00) Recap of Experience / Vignettes (00:00:49:00) While Johnson’s unit was in Africa, there was a problem with the unit’s jeeps, where the engines would hesitate; th...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length:1:01 Wendell Miles WWII Veteran Provost Marshal and Judge Advocate General; 1943 to –(?) 1:12 Born in Holland Michigan 1:45 Born in 1916 2:09 Discussing being the smallest member of his family and how h...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Jim Keatley Vietnam War 2 hours 9 minutes 47 seconds Part 1 – 1 hour 11 minutes 30 seconds (00:00:40) Early Life -Born in Bremerton, Washington, in 1945 -When he was nine months old the family moved to California -Father had bee...
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- Text: ...00) Drury and his family own a small store in Wayland, Michigan and all the money that they earn from the store goes to help veterans who are homeless or down-trodden find jobs, get new clothes, etc. (01:23:47:00) o Unfortunately, some of the veterans that the funds are helping are...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Edward Dochod 53:46 Introduction (00:18) We’re talking today with Mr. Edward Dochod of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the interviewer is James Smither of the Grand Valley State University Veterans History ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael Alioto Vietnam War Interview Length: (02:01:49:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:27:00) Alioto was born on December 19th, 1947 at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan (00:00:27:00) o While he was growing up, ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral history interview transcript Erwin Veneklase Born: February 24,1920 WWII Veteran United States Army, 1939 to 1943 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division Transcribed: by Joan Raymer, May 29, 2007 ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Gabriel Powell Total Time – (02:03:58) Background He had nine siblings o They were all born at their home (00:46) He was born in Algoma, Michigan on January 22, ...
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- Description: Mary Sefton is a Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to April 1972. In her interview transcript she goes into a detailed account of the events surrounding her pre-enlistment, enlistment and training; her tours in Vietnam, and life after the Vietnam War.
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- Text: ...” (00:30:01) “You know in the movies, T.V. shows and all that and certainly in the number of interviews I‟ve done with veterans, the male veterans, you get the idea of boot camp sergeants screaming into your face and calling you a maggot. What was the person, the person that ...