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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Francis Poll (01:12:37) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Francis was born in Manton, Michigan and lived on a farm He graduated from high school in 1938 and began looking for work, but there were not many jobs availabl...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert W. Lewis Korean War Total Time: (00:51:49) Pre-Enlistment (00:44) He was drafted into the service at age 23. He was working as a parking lot attendant when he was drafted, and he was not happy about it.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Tanjore Splan Korean War Total Time: 1:05:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:40) • • • • • • • Born in September 1929 in St. Ignace, Michigan. Lived in a children’s home from age 4 until he was 11, and then went to work...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Al Walker (1:41:54) (00:30) Background Information • • • • • Al was born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 17, 1949 His father worked for GM and his mother did assembly for Pontiac He remembered business slowing down in the 60s ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Lloyd and Grace Smock World War II Total Time: 1:06:30 Early Childhood and Birth (0:00:17) • • • • • • • • • • Grace Morley (now Smock) was born in Wyandot, Michigan in 1925. (00:31) Lloyd Smock was born i...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Clare Yenor (00:56:59) (00:10) Background Information • • • • • Clare was born on a farm in Michigan on March 8, 1921 They later moved to another small town in Michigan where his father was a butcher and owned his own grocery...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Billy Hayes Vietnam War; Cold War (Post-Vietnam) 18 minutes 46 seconds *Note: Times are referring to the time code at the tape’s start (01:40:19) Deployment to Vietnam -Assigned to the 27th Surgical Hospital while at Fort Lewis, Wa...
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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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- 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 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...