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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tony Ten Harmsel World War II (1:18:27) Background Information (00:08)            Born February 11 1919 in Iowa. At the age of 7 in 1928 he and his family moved to Holland, Michigan. (20:00) His family ...
Harmsel, Tony Ten (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Harry Kutten Length of interview (1:07:28) (0:00:00 – 0:08:11) Background Family (0:00:34 – 0:08:29)  Father and mother born in Russia, father came from Odessa, mother from Belarus (0:00:42)  Father left...
Kutten, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harold LeFurge (48:25:27) Childhood • (00:32:06)born in Lansing, MI, lived in Lansing until the age of twelve; the family then moved to Grand Ledge, about ten miles west of Lansing, where he went to high school; graduated form high sc...
LeFurge, Harold W. (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Art Lucas (01:01:00) (00:17) Background Information • • • • • • • • He was born in Michigan in 1922 Art was eight years old when the Depression hit Everyone in the community went to the same church He had neve...
Lucas, Arthur (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Raymond Corrigan World War II 49 minutes 16 seconds (00:00:45) Early Life -Born on June 15, 1924 in Newaygo, Michigan -Grew up in Newaygo -Spent some time in New York and Massachusetts between kindergarten and second grade -Father...
Corrigan, Raymond Keith (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Bruce Weaver 1:52:06 Introduction (02:15)         Bruce was born April 16, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan. He went to school in Fowler, Michigan, which is in Clinton County.
Weaver, Bruce (Interview outline and video), 2013

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Julius Van Oss 49:05 Background information (00:18)                  Thought life was pretty good before World War II began although when he graduated from high school he was unable to...
Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Raymond Breen World War II 1 hour 4 minutes 43 seconds (00:00:25) Early Life -Born in Zeeland, Michigan -Tenth child out of twelve in the family -Three of his siblings died in infancy -Still has one sister who is ninety seven year...
Breen, Raymond Jay (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Oscar Carlson World War II 1 hour 26 minutes 22 seconds (00:00:44) Start of the War & Enlisting -When Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941 he realized the severity of the attack -Knew that there would be a need for so...
Carlson, Oscar (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Bert Boersma World War II 1 hour 32 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Moline, Michigan -Most likely in 1925 -Grew up on a farm until his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan when he was 14 years old -Parents were not farmer...
Boersma, Bert A (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Robert Boyer World War II 59 minutes 21 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born on July 5, 1918 in Conway, Arkansas -His father was a Presbyterian minister -The family moved around quite a bit because of his father’s job -Moved into Ka...
Boyer, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Keith King World War II 1 hour 7 minutes 58 seconds (00:00:14) Early Life -Born on April 5, 1921 in Greenville, Michigan -Grew up in Greenville -Went to high school in Greenville -Graduated in 1939 -The Great Depression made life ...
King, Keith C (Interview outline and video), 2015