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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ted Burzynski (55:57) Background Information (00:20) • • Ted was born in Michigan on April 18, 1916 He has been living in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans since 2004 Las Vegas (1:30) • • • • Ted was approached ...
Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewer: Win Mueller Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:11) (00:15) Training      Win was drafted in 1942 and inducted at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan He went through tra...
Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003

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  • Description: ...Gerald Gless is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from approximately 1945 to December 1946. In this account, Gless discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment, training, and active duty. He mentions his brief postings at various POW camps in Northern Italy and describes a pris...
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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Gerald Gless Length of Interview: 19mins. 51secs.  Pre‐Enlistment (00:12)   • Childhood (00:20)   o • Gless was born on February 6th, 1927 in Elkton, MI. 
Gless, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Thaddeus Kling (43:17) (00:01) Background Information • • • • • Ted worked at Brunswick in Muskegon, MI before the war He finished the 8th grade and then went to work on a farm Ted plowed for 30 cents an hour on a dairy farm ...
Kling, Thaddeus (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Joseph Borst Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:12:04) (00:10) Background Information        Joseph was a sergeant in the United States Army during World War Two Afte...
Borst, Joseph L. (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tommy Williams World War II (11:53) Background Information (00:11)    Born August 26th 1920 (00:12) At the age of 18 before he joined the Army, Tommy worked in the field. (1:02) He was raised in Mississippi. (1:25) Military S...
Williams, Tommy (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Bea Foster Spivey World War II-Homefront 10 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:01) Husband's Service in the South Pacific -They were married during World War II -Husband was a staff sergeant in the Army -Enjoyed being in the Army -The...
Spivey, Beatrice Foster (Interview outline), 2015

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 200

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  • Description: Armond Hillock is a World War II veteran who served with the Sigma Corps within the U.S. Army from January 1943 to an undisclosed date. Hillock discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: Armond Hillock Length of Interview (00:23:06) (00:00:23)Pre-Enlistment  Background o Took part in World War II.  Education o After graduating high school, in 1940, he started work at ...
Hillock, Armond L. (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interview: Woodrow Neumann Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:12) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Woodrow was born in Flint, Michigan on July 8, 1918 He came from a German Catholi...
Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Lavont Pickens Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:52:58) (00:35) Background Information • Lavont was born in Mosley, Michigan • His father owned a creamery and his mother was a telep...
Pickens, Lavont A. (Interview outline and video), 2003