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- Text: ...He would go into construction, and work with his dad. He stays in contact with other veterans who served, but there aren’t very many left anymore. They also keep in contact with wives and widows as well. (39:10) Most of the guys who had gone in with him were older, so many of them are not...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Korean War Laverne Bivens Interview Length: (00:19:53:00) Training and Service (00:00:27:00) One day, he received a letter saying that his friends and neighbors had chosen him to serve in the military (00:00:27:00) o This was du...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Harold Day 38:52 Introduction (00:24) Harold was born in Ava, Missouri on June 26, 1949. He grew up there with his family that was in the restaurant business along with farming.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Stephen Nyenhuis Total Time – (38:41) Background He was born on April 11, 1949 (00:04) He was born in Princeton, Minnesota (00:27) o At the age of 2, his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
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- Text: ...d he went home to visit his family before reporting to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, (11:01) Because his father was a World War I veteran, when Harold left him to go overseas, he broke down because he realized that it might be the last time he saw his son. (11:27) Reported back to camp before ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 1:00:41 Ben VanSlooten WWII Veteran United States Army; May 13, 1943 – October 30, 1946 Transportation (0:20) Reaction to Nazi Party coming to power • United States seemed to think that it was Europe...
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- Description: ...Marie, Michigan. He was the oldest of eight other children and his father was a World War Two veteran. He attended college and trained as a physical therapist and was drafted into the Army in June 1967. He trained as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was deployed to Vietnam in mid-Dece...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ben Jerzyk Vietnam War 40 minutes 41 seconds (00:00:32) Early Life -Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on October 6, 1945 -His father was serving in the military at the Soo Locks -His mother was eighteen or nineteen when he was born ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Edward Stolt (00:37:24) (:07) Early Life • (:07) Born Jan 13, 1919, in Bayshore near Charlevoix, Michigan. • (:24) His father was a farmer, and a barn builder. • (:45) In 1929 they moved to Lansing for two years.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Name of Interviewee: George Way Length of interview (00:32:12:23) ***horizontal blue bars appear across the screen in the first few scenes (00:09:06) [interviewer introduction] Mr.Way was born on Sept...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Richard Tibbe Length of Interview: 00:37:30 Background: Richard was born in Grand Rapids, November 21st, 1945. His father served in the Army in WWII when he was born and would return ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph "Hank" DeYoung Cold War 38 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:42) Early Life -Born in 1928 in Spring Lake, Michigan -He stayed in high school through the tenth grade -His father worked in a factory, owned a farm for 6 years, t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Charles Whorton Length of interview: (58:33) (00:00) Early Life Charles was born on January 2, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama When Charles was a child, his family moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, w...