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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Douglas Puffer Vietnam War 39 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:25) Early Life -Born on October 12, 1948 in Iowa City, Iowa -Grew up on a farm near Mechanicsville, Iowa -Father was a second generation farmer -Owned 320 acres of farmland -Att...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Iraq War Justin Marshall Interview Length: (00:26:11:00) Life before the Army (00:00:09:00)  Before joining the military, Marshall was in his last semester of college (00:00:15:00) o He figured this would be the best time for him ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee name: Alfred Martin Branch of Service: Army Length of interview (00:35:05) (0:00:06) Pre-enlistment  Born in 1948, born and raised in western Pennsylvania (0:00:12)  Grew up in a fami...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Henry Vandermeer Length of Interview: 00:40:27 Background        Born in Holland in the province of Friesland, in a small town just north of the capital of Leeuward...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Williams (1:14:13) (00:25) South Bend, Indiana • Born May 22 1917 • Robert was an only child • Graduated in 1935 from South Bend Central High School • Worked for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company after graduatio...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War(s): World War II, Korean War Name of Interviewee: Darrell Thornley Length of Interview: (01:09:41) (00:12) Background Information Born in [Cato, OK] on February 21, 1925 (00:13) Father owned an ice plant, a truckin...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Charles Tipton Vietnam War 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:23) Early Life -Born in Baskin, Florida on March 10, 1947 -Parents were farmers -Grew corn, peanuts, tobacco -Engaged in sharecropping -Raised horses, cows, goats, and mules -Ha...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Kenneth McCloud World War II 59 minutes 55 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born on May 5, 1920 in Tennessee -Grew up in Tennessee -Neighbor was Sergeant York -World War I hero -Means that Kenneth most likely lived and grew up in Pa...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Willard Bosserman Length of Interview (00:49:50) Background Born on a farm in New Haven Township, Michigan; 1924 Father was a farmer who graduated from 8th grade; went up to a Ferris (Teacher’s Institute) which certifi...

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• Description: Fred Litty is a Korean War veteran that also was a civilian living in Germany during World War II. He was born a U.S. citizen in Yonkers, New York in 1930, but at the age of five his family moved back to Germany and lived in a Berlin suburb.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Fred Litty WWII (German Civilian)/Korean War 1 hour 18 minutes 20 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life and Moving to Germany -Born in Yonkers, New York in 1930 -Had an uncle on his mother’s side living in New York City area that had ...

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• Text: ... uniform, didn’t have any trouble but took it off right away, didn’t think about since Classifies himself as a reluctant veteran, he opposed the war Had saved some money in the service, went back to work for Heath Company when he got home Ended up going into maintenance, dabbled in sale...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Jack Ward Length of Interview: 00:28:57 Background          Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 14, 1949.