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- Text: ...d in Basic Training (11:40) • Was in a supply unit, so was never without supplies (12:00) • Had bowling alleys and movie theaters to keep them entertained (12:50) • Had a chance while in Germany to go to Augsburg, and had a month of convalescent leave (14:00) • Visited an exchange s...
![Austhof, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004 Austhof, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/404dfab82d7c06c655cd4cfceae8a6ef.jpg)
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- Text: ... II -Got to move into new barracks six months after living in the old buildings -Had good food in the Air Force -Had a movie theater, a bowling alley, and a car mechanic on base -Went off base a lot with his friends -A lot of bars and bowling alleys in the area -Formed a bowling team and co...
![DiLorenzo, Joseph James (Interview outline and video), 2015 DiLorenzo, Joseph James (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fdd779af9406d8240ffc3f1b3d65bb74.jpg)
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- Text: ...ith a friend, but the time went by very quickly • After all the time spent in Thailand James really missed pizza, drive-in theaters, and American women (01:14:00) Oklahoma • James had been living off base in a mobile home with other men in the military • There was not much to do in Ok...
![De la Cruz, James (Interview outline and video), 2008 De la Cruz, James (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/40df57f75b88ad92a5cc63d95e600c4f.jpg)
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- Text: ...intenance work -Work day ended at about 5 PM -Went to get dinner then had the rest of the night to yourself -Go to the movie theater -Go to the Enlisted Men Club -Pass the time with other forms of recreation -Sometimes had to do drills at night -Go to the bunkers or go to a fighting positio...
![Gronevelt, Glenn (Interview outline and video), 2015 Gronevelt, Glenn (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2b574a3aa333207dca67482b8b3cabaf.jpg)
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- Text: ...olved with Polish heritage groups in Grand Rapids -Father served in World War II as a 2nd lieutenant -Fought in the European Theater (00:03:02) Vietnam War Pt. 1 -Didn't pay a lot of attention to the Vietnam War -Had high school friends whose brothers were drafted -Saw a lot of protest...
![Novakoski, Raymond Francis (Interview outline and video), 2015 Novakoski, Raymond Francis (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c6ce9afaaa287280d74dc687c587310b.jpg)
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- Text: ... Life -Born on March 10, 1951, in Greenville, Michigan -Father served in World War II and fought the Japanese in the Pacific Theater -Before the war he worked as a taxi driver in Belding, Michigan -After the war he worked in factories in Belding and Ionia, Michigan -Mother worked as a waitr...
![Groom, Bill (Interview outline and video), 2016 Groom, Bill (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/085171896ca9d6935569ebef59190a66.jpg)
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- Text: ... they had been sent to assist in was still on-going. (31:23) Medals and Symbols • Received a medal for the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He also received two battle-stars, one for the Admiralties, and one for Okinawa. He also received a victory medal and a Good Conduct medal. (31:53) • The s...
![Keith III, Elvin W. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Keith III, Elvin W. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/65ecfc5d5214cdf99d6ddf3aadfe8e5a.jpg)
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- Text: ...t when they took off or landed -Post-flight and pre-flight took three hours -Spent most time on Midway sleeping -Had a movie theater, bowling alleys, and a basic TV station -There were military families on Midway -There was a high school -Servicemen played sports games against the student...
![Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012 Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/24ac16db7d36d40da24a319c22046a5e.jpg)
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- Text: ...) Non-commissioned Officers & Commissioned Officers at Ramey Air Force Base Pt. 1 -One man flew in the China-Burma-India Theater in WWII -One man flew in a B-17 bomber as a gunner and shot down a German Me-109 fighter plane -One man flew a P-51 fighter plane during the war -Rick was a y...
![Sturim, Frederick P (Interview outline and video), 2015 Sturim, Frederick P (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5ed059593e6593c3fec5e20e931e7e0f.jpg)
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- Text: ...0) o Eventually, the soldiers would be brought back into a base camp, which tended to have modern amenities, including movie theaters; Dorstewitz thought it was neat that one of the camps even had a “steakhouse” (00:13:22:00) o On two separate occasions, when the unit came back into a b...
![Dorstewitz, Peggy (Interview outline and video), 2010 Dorstewitz, Peggy (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3b64fab5c2c59382ccace774efd51c68.jpg)
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- Text: ...the paper (01:48) He knew around the tenth grade that he wanted to join the military o His father had served in the European Theater during World War II He had a love for horses (02:28) o He wanted to get hired at the General Motors plant He got hired at General Motors just out of high scho...
![Manthei, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012 Manthei, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/711073b2c3442124548a11a9a04d03b8.jpg)
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- Text: ...he South -Remembers it was 75 degrees on Christmas Day 1966 -Going into the city got boring after a while -There was a movie theater, a USO shop, and a place for sailors to sleep -Befriended the men he worked with on the ship, and they went into Pensacola together -Civilians in Pensacola tr...
![Crans, Robert K (Interview outline and video), 2015 Crans, Robert K (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/13ca080b07f9a23353b17e95f888d3c8.jpg)