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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project William Sterzick (00:24:11:26) Early Life, Neighbors • (00:39:14)he grew up in Ellicott, MI • (00:46:06)he went to Merriman Elementary School: "a marvelous place to go," it had one room, everyone was from the neighborhood,...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Jack Walbridge Length: 47:55 (00:30) Background Information      Jack graduated from Caledonia high school in 1942; he had played football and was a musician He then went to Grand Rapids Community ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Jake Werner Length: 1:14:36 (00:55) Background Information     Jake was born on November 29, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan He went to Union High School and junior college in Grand Rapids After going to college Ja...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Virgil Westdale World War II Total Time: 2:10:10 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:40) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • His father was born in Japan, and immigrated to the United States because h...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Bob Wright Length of interview (49:00) (00:05) Background Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on February 26, 1922. (00:13) Father worked in a company that made looms. (00:37) Family struggled during the Depression....

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• Text: ...n Service -Early on he didn’t feel that his time in the Army had had any major effect on his life -For a long time being a veteran was something that was best kept quiet -Without the GI Bill he wouldn’t have been able to go through graduate school -It is only in recent years that he has...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project William Gerber World War II 1 hour 20 minutes 22 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Born on June 26, 1921 in Menominee, Michigan -Had three brothers (two were twins and one was a single brother) -Grew up on a farm near Menominee -Attende...

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• Description: Jim McCloughan is a Vietnam War veteran who was born in South Haven, MI in 1946 and was drafted after college in 1968. He served with the 3/21st Infantry in the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Division as a combat medic.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Interview Vietnam War Jim McCloughan 1 hour 44 minutes (1:03) – Background -Born May 30, 1946 in the hospital in South Haven, Michigan -Parents took over grandparents’ farm in rural Bangor, Michigan -Grew up in Bangor, MI -Attend...

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• Description: ...Morris Vander Veen is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Marines from 1944 to 1946. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and the Pacific. Serving his active duty in the Pacific Theater, Vander Veen gives one a brief but detailed per...
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: Morris Vander Veen Length of Interview: 1hr 3mins. Pre-Enlistment (00:03)  Childhood (00:12) o Vander Veen was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 20th, 1926. (00:17)  Education...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Robert Keith World War II 32 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 20, 1926 -Grew up in Grand Rapids and attended Grand Rapids Public Schools -Father worked for a railroad company in Gr...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Cecilia Schlepers Length of Interview: 00:56:56 Background              Cecilia was born in Byron Center, Michigan.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Edgar Lamm World War II 50 minutes (00:00:22) Early Life -Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 14, 1925 -Specifically on the South Side in Beverly neighborhood -His father was from Chicago -His mother was from Fulton, Illinois -She w...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jay Huston (54:18) (00:15) Background Information • • • • Jay was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1925 In high school Jay had wanted to work as a railroad postal clerk Many of Jay’s friends began being drafted and he...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II and the Korean War Era Peter Haven (as told by wife Carol and daughter Eloise) (36:40) Introduction (00:20)    Carol Haven worked for Gordon Food Service and she also worked at a Sonoco Station.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II George Keller Length of interview (1:30:02) (00:04) Background Was born on a Michigan farm in 1916 and was one of seven siblings. (00:12) Brother was inducted into World War I when George was 2 years old, 1918. (0...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Donald Goins Interview Length: (00:59:18:00) Early Life (00:00:29:00)  Goins was born in 1921 in Sigma, Michigan in the present- day county of Kalkaska, although he did not grow up here. (00:00:37:00)  Goins’ fat...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Bruce Grant World War II (51:19) Background Information (00:14)     Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1923 (00:16) Enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 17. (00:24) His mother passed away when he was an infant.

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Hammond (00:29:35) Background (00:00:00) • • • • Born August 24, 1919, in Bridgedale, Ohio (00:23) Moved to Columbus, near Eureka Island (00:55) Parents worked various jobs during the depression.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Era Donald Beachum Interview Length: (00:25:37:00) Early Life (00:00:26:00)     Beachum was born August 23rd, 1927. (00:01:21:00) Beachum grew up in Benton Harbor, Michigan. (00:00:39:00) Beachum’s father ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Interview World War II Maurice Buskers Length of Interview (00:25:47) Pre-enlistment (00:00:21) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 15, 1925 Father worked in the furniture factories in Grand Rapids Had three sisters, two older a...