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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Iraq War John Kangas Interview Total Time: 1:13:07 Background (00:17) Raised in Cedar Springs, MI o Born in 1981 (00:30) His mom stays at home, and dad works at GM (00:38) Graduated in 2000 o Became a father shortly...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Noel Miller Vietnam War 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born in Lima, Ohio on March 23, 1949 -Mother and father owned a family farm in Harrod, Ohio -Brought up on that farm until he was five years old -Moved to Fi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ron Hudson Vietnam War Time: 1:50:42 (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Three Rivers, Michigan on February 8, 1950 -Father was a commercial pilot -Had flown a bomber in WWII -Mother had grown up in Texas -Met Hudson’s father there duri...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II J.W. Hurst Interview Length: (00:43:07:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:00:00) Born July 1, 1918 (00:00:00:00) Fought in World War II and served with the First Army Task Force (00:01:09:00) Hurst se...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Jake Grit Length of Interview (01:19:16) Background (00:00:16) Born in Grand Rapids, MI; March 16, 1923 Father was a cabinet makers; wasn’t able to keep his job through The Depression Lost the farm during that time Chr...
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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 ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Ted McCormick Total Time – (01:34:22) Background • • • • • • • • • He was born in Standish, Michigan (00:31) o He was born when there was not a hospital in town He grew up in Flint, Michigan (01:0...
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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...
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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...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Michael Hennessy 1:21:47 Introduction (00:20) Mike was born January 6, 1949 in Savannah, Georgia. His father was a World War II veteran who served in the artillery as a second ...
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- Text: After he got home, he began living his life and buried everything about Vietnam. Now, he is very active with his chapter of Vietnam Veterans and is proud of the men he served with. (1:12:45)
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- Text: ...Motors and owned his own horse business (01:27:30) o He won the International Championship He received a letter from the VA (Veterans Affairs) that denied all of his military wounds (knees, ears, PTSD) (01:28:01) o Because of this, many began mocking him and calling him a liar, lazy, etc. (...