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• Text: ...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) o When he came out of the movie theater everyone had the local newspaper saying that Pearl Harbor had been bombed Before that, he did not pay...

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• Text: ...es 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 ƒ Each play was 3 hours long • Didn’t go to prom • Used to have cake walks • Used to love to watc...

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• Text: ...nese lives. (31:06) Moved to another Aleutian Island called Adak on July 15, 1943. The island had 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 J...

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• Text: ...cised 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 their papers to be deployed in May of 2006. The men were given leave before being sent off to Iraq. (18:00) Travel to Iraq (20:00)...

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• Text: ...fterwards, he was transferred to Fort Devens, Massachusetts where they were told they were going to go 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...

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• Text: ...-Another at 10 Downing street where there was a crater. -Germans used regular bombs. -Third time, 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 asho...

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• Text: ...re (00:42:17) 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 1,000 men -Everyo...

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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 Basket" (Market Garden), interacti...

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• Text: ... 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 crying -She contacted Captain McVay III (captain of the Indianapolis) to ask about Earl Sr. -Told her that Earl Sr. was a proud father and showed the crew pic...

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• Text: ...ctice 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 Orleans, Louisiana. The soldiers were often treated...

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• Text: ...When he sat down to pray before a meal other men would take his food. (11:49) One time the general offered him free 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:...

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• Text: ...M (General Motors) Hallberg had been gone for 42 months; she kept working when he came back Would watch the newsreels at the theater, wanted to see if her husband was in them The other women were very kind; when Hallberg was in Fort Worth, his wife drove with four other women to visit (New ...