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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jim Campbell Vietnam War 1 hour 27 minutes 54 seconds (00:00:15) Early Life -Born on August 26, 1946 in Santa Barbara, California -Family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana shortly after he was born -Grew up there -Father was a doctor -M...

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• Description: Arlen Dove is a Vietnam and Cold War Era veteran who served with the Military Police Corps in the U.S. Army, in which he served in active service from 1968 to 1971. In this account, Dove discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and abroad.
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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War/Cold War Interviewee’s Name: Arlen Dove Length of Interview: 55 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:10)  Childhood (00:15) o Dove was born in El Pena, Michigan in 1949.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Wayne Spruill Total Time – (01:09:55) Background • • • • • He was born in Cleveland, Mississippi on August 13, 1949 (00:28) His father worked on a farm and his mother worked in a factory (00:42) He gradu...

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• Text: ...b as a time keeper at the fencing plant (00:39:45:11)  Decided to go to college because the G.I. Bill of 1944 covered all veteran tuition and any additional higher education costs plus an additional $90 per month “to live on” (00:40:16:00) o In September 1946, began higher education ...

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• Text: ...rvice -Didn't enjoy all of his time in the Army, but is glad that he served -Impressed by how much people want to honor veterans for their service ...

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• Description: ...l era since it was difficult to discuss his war experience with those who had not lived it. He also appreciated the Army’s veteran benefits and the greater military experience, which he used as a critical lens into contemporary American military politics....
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• Text: So I didn’t feel kind of alone being a veteran but also in the protest march, there was a number of them, veterans that were just really unhappy with it looking to participate in that. Interviewer: “How did they react to you being a veteran?”

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Randy Curry (02:38:00) (43:00)Washington D.C. • Born November 19, 1944 • Father was in the military for 23 years. He was the head dietician at Walter Reed Hospital • When he was two he spent 3 years in Bettelheim Germany where his...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Norman Beachum World War II 1 hour 34 minutes 36 seconds (00:00:15) Early Life -Born on March 7, 1927 in Union City, Tennessee -Lived in Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee until he was 11 years old -Father worked as a guide at Reelfoot Lake...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Gunther Kirschner (42:20) Background information (00:11)               Born in October of 1948 in Germany. (00:14) His mother was German but his father was an American Soldier who fought in WWI...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Mary Ann Gwatkin Total Time – (58:27) Background • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • She was born November 10, 1920, in Grand Rapids, Michigan (01:47) There were seven children in he...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Albert Barker Total Time – (42:31) Background · He was born in Stanton, Michigan, on February 17, 1925 · He was raised on a farm (00:40) · There were five children in the family o Three boys and two girls § ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Richard Beimers Total Time – (58:55) Background · · · · · · · · · · · His dad worked on the railroad for many years (02:41) His grandfather gave his father ten acres of property to farm on His fami...