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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Jim McCoy 1:31:51 Introduction (00:19) Jim was born on August 29, 1951 in Santee, California, which is about twenty miles east of San Diego.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jack and Eileen Cooley (00:59:09) (00:03) Pre-Enlistment • Interviewer is Charlie Collins. (00:03) • Jack’s full name is Jack William Cooley. He was born October 19th, 1924 in Rockwood, MI. (00:25) • Eileen Cooley was born in In...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George DeBaar (1:22:08) (00:25) Background • (00:25) He was born in Grand Rapids, MI, on the Southeast side of town. He was born on Ewing Street, near the intersection of Hall and Kalamazoo.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Dr. Robert Pearson (1:43:48) (00:02) Introduction • Born in Toledo, Ohio. • His father was a CPA who traveled a lot. • Remembers being poor during the depression but not really noticing it. • Graduated from Northern High School...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Ken Maatman (1:20:27) • • • • • (3:30:00) Grand Rapids Michigan April 24 1920 Graduated from Grand Rapids Central Worked for Western Electric Company for one year after graduation Went to Grand Rapids Junior ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Shapin (01:11:27) Childhood (00:10:18) born in Brooklyn, raised in the Syosset Bay neighborhood near the ocean (00:26:10) his father was in the wholesale fish business, his mother was a housewife; both parents were born in the U...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Bernard DePrimo World War II 1 hour 14 minutes 35 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania -Lived there for two years -Moved to Detroit, Michigan -Father's mine in Pennsylvania had gone down -Fath...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Duane Harvey World War II 1 hour 36 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Smelter City, Oklahoma in 1924 -Father worked at the Eagle Pitcher Zinc Smelter -Worked part time during the Great Depression -Also worked odd jobs...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Lund Vietnam War 54 minutes 43 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born in Cadillac, Michigan, in 1950 -Went through Cadillac's public schools -Father was in the rubber business and worked as an automotive supplier (00:01:00)...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Tom Sibley Length of interview: 01:22:52:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:09:00) Born in Muskegon, Michigan in May, 1945 (0:00:09:00) His father had a couple of kids before Sibley and was working in Muskegon at a de...
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- Description: After Vietnam, he spent a year and a half in the Transport Corps in Washington DC. After his time in the service, he worked for various different veterans support and advocacy groups on the west coast.
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- Text: ...re uneasy about me in the business setting, but nobody ever said anything to me. I was actually hired at IBM because I was a veteran, because the people at IBM that do the hiring, are the managers for whom you‟re going to work, and the guy who hired me was a veteran and he liked ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Jim Harris Total Time – (01:17:00) Background • • • • • • • • • • He was born in South Dakota on December 29, 1941 (00:27) When he was eight years old, his family moved to Minneapolis He gradua...