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- Text: ...They were non-combatants; their job was more mechanical • The USO came over to play music, but they did not like it, so they never came again (34:25) The First Night in Guam • They immediately started digging trenches for air raids and got their sleeping quarters ready • They slept in...
![Steele, George (Interview outline and video), 2007 Steele, George (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/46dcbe73717c57129920606e05707633.jpg)
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- Text: ... short time before being sent to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans where he’s been for 2 months. He briefly discussed his musical history in the service and remembers playing at the Hoedown in Detroit, MI. Finally, he wraps up his discussion by stressing that being in a wheelchair should...
![Weaver, Dale A. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Weaver, Dale A. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/111810ad9ce6ec5649cea231ed5cdff9.jpg)
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- Text: ...tayed in a cove for 1 week while waiting for submarines to pass. During this week, the men played many cards and listened to music. (27:17) The ship landed in Kodiak Bay in Alaska in early summer 1942. (28:08) After landing, the men traveled up the coast to a field where they sent up camp. ...
![McNamara, Martin (Interview outline and video), 2008 McNamara, Martin (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/29fc6655d4b24d1a4cf0bba5a6d10d98.jpg)
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- Text: ...her and 3 sisters. (6:03) The home he lived in at the time of this interview (August 2011) Ray built himself. (7:22) He took music lessons on the banjo as a child. He and his brother would play in square dances for entertainment. (8:00) All through high school and college he and his brother...
![Richardson, Ray (Interview outline and video), 2011 Richardson, Ray (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/19ffe7306d4e9b7a528630ca52dcbce8.jpg)
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- Text: ... their 6-inch gun barrels causing one ship to keel over at one point. (11:49) • Astrauckas related how he was listening to music while rockets fired from the ships to shore. (12:51) •Arrived at Normandy on D+1 and unloaded British/Canadian troops on Juno. (13:01) •Briefly describ...
![Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008 Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9444c6ac3ff9a8548d2238a48a78bd80.jpg)
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- Text: -Given time every weekend to go into town to New York City. (00:25:00) -Regrets never stopping to see musical Oklahoma while it was playing in the City. -Finished the training around the 2nd week of July 1945. -Roosevelt claimed intentions to give Merchant Marines war veteran status.
![Bush, Alfred L "Sam" (Interview outline and video), 2015 Bush, Alfred L "Sam" (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0e5656df33a09c1160b1d464f9647b4e.jpg)
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- Text: .... every month there was a USO show. (35:47) Most shows had 5-7 people in the shows. (36:16) The shows varied in content from music, to sports, to celebrity appearances. (36:38) He saw 9 shows at Binh Thuy Air Base. (30:03) He served in country for approx. 1 year. (1969-1970) (39:13) End of...
![Broek, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2011 Broek, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f47b4fb27fc204d1cfd802ea4435a138.jpg)
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- Text: ...icycles (often saw peddlers use these), motorbikes, or German vehicles before this Saw the Empire State Building, the Music Hall, etc. The half-brother gave Meiers’s father money and all the children new clothes His father was able to convert a German soldier’s uniform into a su...
![Meiers, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2010 Meiers, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/eff3715ccf4bbff72fde1869dfe06ca1.jpg)
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- Text: ...hen he returned home he was allowed to bring a little less than 400 pounds of souvenirs -He had bought a high end stereo and music, so he brought that home with him (00:19:52) Arrival in Vietnam -His first thought upon arriving in Vietnam was that it was warm -He met a soldier from Battle C...
![Jerzyk, Benjamin (Interview outline and video), 2014 Jerzyk, Benjamin (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c8d7bc1e9b559642765329dbbca36e14.jpg)
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- Text: ...irection and discipline he needed (00:33:26) Life after the War Pt. 2 -Taught at Southeastern High School in Detroit -Taught music there for twenty years -Worked as a counselor for thirteen years -Encouraged a lot of boys and girls to enlist in the military -They had no future in Detroit an...
![Eppinga, Stuart Dirk (Interview outline and video), 2015 Eppinga, Stuart Dirk (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cadde29ca7360d3146b7c7ce0f3695dc.jpg)
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- Text: ...e -Boarded a ship in Seattle with no naval escorts or other defenses -Thought they were going to Alaska until heard Hawaiian music on the radio -Slept on the deck of the ship -Sailed over on a Victory Ship -Tightly packed -Used saltwater for showers, but had freshwater for drinking -Stopped...
![Press, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2017 Press, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b87e18557d22a541a3e52951b34f0733.jpg)
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- Text: ...It isn't any good that way. Love, StanN -6-9-45 ..... The tent is vacant and there's some siteet music coming from far down the way and it makes it easier to write a nice letter to you. Tonight I listened to Hit Parade and heard -Laura N... that piece I love. It's a haunting ...
![Kirby, Marthajane (Interview transcript and video), 2008 Kirby, Marthajane (Interview transcript and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ba8ce7d8bbc356a6df340cba1d81784f.jpg)