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  • Text: ... Germans had just left their bunkers and his crew found a German pistol, a P-38 • Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary was a veteran of the 88th Infantry Division during World War One and he had come to visit Harrison’s crew • He asked if he could give the gun to the president as a souv...
Goodspeed, Harrison (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Description: ...Lyle Edward Booth is a WWII Veteran who served in the United States Army from April 10, 1945 to March 30, 1946 in Yokohama, Japan. Although he was stationed in Japan after the end of the war, Booth's experience gives a clear description of the immense poverty and destruction present in...
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Lyle Edward Booth (00:20:20) (0:53) The draft • Just turned 18 and then drafted into the Army • Left hometown of Onaway, MI for Detroit where passed a physical and was inducted into the Army on April 10, 1945 • From Detroit went t...
Booth, Lyle Edward (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Rosadell Galmish Wolf on Elvin Jay Galmish Background (00:00:00) 2nd Lieutenant, Army Air Corps Died September 5, 1944 in service of his country Born in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1921 Grew up on a farm Finished h...
Galmish, Elvin (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: His wife passed on some time ago. • (37:22) He lived on his own, until coming to the Veteran’s Home. He has lived there for three years, and likes it. • (38:31) He has two grandchildren, and one grandson. He is estranged from his son.
Melonas, Greg (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Description: Jacob Lucas is a World War II veteran who served in the Seabees, a construction branch of the Navy, from December 1942 to 1945. In this account, Lucas discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training in the U.S. and his service time abroad in the Pacific.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Jacob Lucas Length of Interview: 40 minutes Pre-Enlistment (02:45) • Childhood (02:53)   o • Lucas was born on March 23, 1924. (02:55)   Background (03:05)   o...
Lucas, Jacob (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...y (May 6, 1983); a machinist Didn’t establish any close friendships during his military years (00:56:50) Didn’t join any Veteran’s groups, sends donations to Disabled Veterans of America Afterthoughts (01:03:00) The wars we have been in recently have been difficult; hard to f...
Grahl, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Description: Charles Ohanesian is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Army with the 2nd Armored Division from 1942 until being seriously wounded in 1944, arriving in North Africa after the German surrender there, and participating in the campaigns in Sicily and Normandy.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 58:00 Charles H. Ohanesian WWII Veteran 2nd Armored Div., 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, October 1942 to May 1945 Introduction (00:06) Family and childhood (00:21) • Parents were Armenian Christians ...
Ohanesian, Charles H. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Description: ...Christine and Henry Vande Kerk are both World War II veterans who served their country in different capacities during the course of World War II. Christine Vande Kerk briefly discusses her pre-enlistment, enlistment as a nurse into the armed services, and her nursing experience while servin...
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: Christine and Henry Vande Kerk Length of Interview: 45 minutes Christine’s Interview Pre-Enlistment (02:09)   Childhood and Background (02:03) o Christine was born on Septemb...
Vande Kerk, Christine and Henry (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project World War II Bill Karpowicz Total Time (01:12:18) Background (00:00:48)  Bill was born February 10th, 1924 in Muskegon, Michigan and had four sisters; Bill's father worked as a shoe repairman and in a foundry while his mot...
Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph Slager World War II-Post War 28 minutes 52 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Comstock, Michigan on January 9, 1928 -Grew up in Comstock and lived there until he got married -His father worked in a lumberyard then for the U...
Slager, Ralph (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Harry Kamer Length of Interview: 46:23 Background Information (00:10)  Born in Hudsonville, Michigan, outside of Grand Rapids
Kamer, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Dick Bailey (00:35:52)  Born in Grove City Pennsylvania on December 4, 1922 (00:25)  Dad worked as a coal miner (00:35)  He had six siblings, four brothers and two sisters (01:30)  Quit school Freshman year of high sc...
Bailey, Dick (Interview outline and video), 2009