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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Jack Ward Length of Interview: 00:28:57 Background Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 14, 1949.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Edwin Baumann World War II 1 hour 4 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:16) Early Life -Born in Stockton, California on June 19, 1923 -Started school at five and a half years old in San Francisco -Immediately went into the first grade -When...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Dwight Becker World War II 56 minutes 32 seconds (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Grandville, Michigan on March 25, 1924 -Grew up in Grandville -Attended Grandville High School and graduated from there in 1942 -Went to Grand Rapids ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Vincent Sarnicola World War II 1 hour 20 minutes 23 seconds (00:01:39) Early Life -Born on October 20, 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Middle name is technically Joseph, but he was called Jim growing up -Grew up at 326 Goodrich St...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project David C. Bloye Cold War 1 hour 29 seconds (00:00:20) Early Life -Born on September 2, 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Grew up in Grand Rapids -Father worked as an accountant and as a project manager -Mother was a housewife -He had t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Leonard Moore Total Time – (01:02:31) Background • • • • • He was born in Rockingham, North Carolina on October 24, 1949 (00:23) o He grew up in Rockingham His parents were farmers (00:41) o They opera...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II: Europe Ted Weatherhead Length of interview 1:14:54 (0:00:10- 0:04:25) Pre-Enlistment Ted was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 14th, 1923. (00:13- 00:19) He lived in Columbus for a short time until moving to Clevel...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Barry Kleinjans Cold War & Peacetime (1960-1997) 1 hour 2 minutes 55 seconds (00:00:38) Early Life -Born in Holland, Michigan in October 1942 -Grew up in Zeeland, Michigan -Father was a Seabee in the Navy during World War II -...
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- Text: ... back into society He was not welcomed home by a lot of people (01:19:02) o Any job application where he wrote that he was a veteran, he would be declined the position (01:19:17) o When he was asked if he was a veteran, he would respond that he was. They would respond with “Well,...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Carol Sutton Interview Length: (20.23) Interviewed by Dr. James Smither Transcribed by Chloe Dingens Interviewer: This interview is a joint production of WKTV voices, the Grand Valley State Unive...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Late Cold War Era/ Invasion of Grenada Randal Cope Interview Length: (01:04:17:00) Early Life (00:00:05:00) Randy was born November 9th, 1961. (00:00:05:00) Randy spent his entire childhood in Wyoming, Michigan. (00:00:1...
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- Description: Beatrice McLogan was a World War II veteran who served in the Navy WAVES from 1944 to 1945. In this account, McLogan discusses her family life, her enlistment and training, and her work in the code office in Washington D.C.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Beatrice McLogan Interviewer: James Smither Transcribed by Emilee G. Johnson, Western Michigan University Length: 20:22 Jim Smither: Hello, I’m Jim Smither, I’m the director the Veterans’ History Project, at Gra...