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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project Vietnam William Hand Total Time (00:47:18) Introduction (00:00:30)  Bill was born in 1946 in Dallas, Texas; his father was in the Marine Corps as his family bounced around until Bill was ten years old when his family settled do...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 1:03:57 Glendle Gene Callahan Korean War veteran United States Army; February 1951 to November 1952 Field Artillery (0:00) Before grade school • Born in Draper, North Carolina in 1930 o Town is not the...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harry L. Fortier 43:23 Background Information (00:18)  Born August 5th 1952 in Ludington, Michigan (00:19)  Served in the Army Specialist 4th class (00:20)  Due to his father’s job, the family moved often.  He had lived in...

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• Description: Raymond Fink was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from 1945 to 1946. In this account Fink discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training, and his active duty while stationed out in the Pacific.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University  Veterans History Project Interview  Name of War: World War II   Interviewee name: Raymond Fink   Length of Interview: 47 minutes  Pre‐Enlistment (00:11)   • Childhood (00:15)   o • Family (00:27)   o • Fink was ...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Mitch Amlotte Name of War: Vietnam Length of Interview: (00:39:18) (00:21) Alpena Michigan  Born July 13 1950  Hillman is his hometown.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ron Howell (1:35:54) Background Information (00:15) • • • • • • Born in Flint, Michigan on May 15th 1948. (00:18) His father worked for AT&T. His job required them to move to Indianapolis where Ron registered for the dr...

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• Description: ...Ollie Dean is a World War II veteran that was born in 1927 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In early 1945 at the age of seventeen he joined the U.S. Navy and after training at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago was deployed to the Pacific Theatre and Southeast...
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ollie Dean World War II 41 minutes 7 seconds (00:50) Early Life -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan -May 1, 1927 -Family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan during the Great Depression -Father opened an automobile radio business -Attended Ottaw...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Dale Tauer Interview Length: 1:00:27 Background (00:00:23)  Dale Grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota with one brother and three sisters; he finished high school but it was a “close call” although he graduated i...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Baker III Post-Korean War Cold War (00:00:11) Early Life, World War II, and the Korean War -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1935 -Grew up in Kalamazoo -Remembers ration stamps during World War II -Wasn't too concerned abo...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Marvin Besteman Cold War (1950s) 40 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born on June 29, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Grew up on the southwest side of Grand Rapids -Family worked in the produce business -Went to the Unive...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Tim Lamphere Cold War, Gulf War, & Iraq War 27 minutes 35 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born on February 14, 1967 -Attended Ionia High School in Ionia, Michigan -Lived in a small town named Muir in Ionia County (00:01:02) Enl...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project James Cooley Iraq War 43 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:24) Early Life -Born on March 6, 1986 -Grew up in Caledonia, Michigan -Involved in sports in high school (00:00:44) Enlisting in the Army Pt. 1 -Shortly after he turned 17 years o...