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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Baker III Post-Korean War Cold War (00:00:11) Early Life, World War II, and the Korean War -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1935 -Grew up in Kalamazoo -Remembers ration stamps during World War II -Wasn't too concerned abo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Marvin Besteman Cold War (1950s) 40 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born on June 29, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Grew up on the southwest side of Grand Rapids -Family worked in the produce business -Went to the Unive...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Tim Lamphere Cold War, Gulf War, & Iraq War 27 minutes 35 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born on February 14, 1967 -Attended Ionia High School in Ionia, Michigan -Lived in a small town named Muir in Ionia County (00:01:02) Enl...
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- Text: ...rned to Fort Sheridan, Illinois and got discharged on April 20, 1946 -Rode a train back to Grand Rapids, Michigan (00:46:03) Veterans' Activities Pt. 2 -Joined the American Legion -Used to attend meetings -Served as the sergeant of arms for one year at the post in Marne, Michigan -Dona...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project TJ Johnson Cold War – Vietnam War Era 1 hour 16 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:48) Early Life -Born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 19, 1952 -Seventh child out of a total of nine -Tight-knit family and they took care of each other -Rem...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War James Dykstra Time (01:37:20) Background (00:09) Born in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1947 (00:09) Family owned a wholesale distributorship (00:19) Had 4 siblings (00:53) Went to Seymour ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jerry Muir World War II (1:04:02) Background Information (00:56) Born April 14 1924 in Grand Rapids Michigan. (1:04) He grew Up in Grand Rapids and attended East Grand Rapids High School. (1:...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project (51:31) Johnnie Myles Background information (00:16) Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1929. (00:18) Part of his family lived in Mississippi and part of it lived in Louisiana (00:54) His f...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran History Project Interview World War II Anthony Kuna Total Time – (38:29) Background • • • He was born April 23, 1923 in Shepherd, Michigan (00:35) He was a part of the 71st Division He received many medals from the military o He received two B...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Korean War Octavio Huerta Interview Total Time: (45:42) Background (00:09) Born in Crystal City, Texas in 1931 o Lived here until he was almost six o Accidentally found a cigar box full of money, gave it to parents o They used th...