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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Larry Rosencrans Vietnam War 1 hour 44 minutes 12 seconds (00:00:16) Early Life -Born in Muskegon Michigan, on December 2nd 1948. -Grew up in Muskego, but moved often.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jim Oudman Vietnam War 1 hour 14 minutes 54 seconds (00:00:40) Early Life -Born in Palo Alto, California, on July 28, 1943 -Moved to Michigan at a young age -Born in Michigan because his father was stationed there during the war -Par...
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- Text: ...called Bong Song -Not much enemy activity in the area, but there was still fighting in Hue -Didn't have a lot of combat veterans in the unit -Fortunate enough to find a communication Marine that had been to Vietnam before -Told not to trust any Vietnamese civilians and to just leave ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam Era Dan Huver Interview Length: (00:19:30:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:14:00) Born September 28, 1943 (00:00:14:00) Served in the Army as a sergeant E-5 during the pre-Vietnam era (00:00:18:00) Born ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Douglas Puffer Vietnam War 39 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:25) Early Life -Born on October 12, 1948 in Iowa City, Iowa -Grew up on a farm near Mechanicsville, Iowa -Father was a second generation farmer -Owned 320 acres of farmland -Att...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee name: Alfred Martin Branch of Service: Army Length of interview (00:35:05) (0:00:06) Pre-enlistment Born in 1948, born and raised in western Pennsylvania (0:00:12) Grew up in a fami...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Gene Welch Interview Total Time: 57:54 Background (00:12) Born in June of 1942 on a small farm in Pennsylvania o Grew up here o Midland, Pennsylvania o His father was a welder, mother was a housewife but also did farm...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Charles Tipton Vietnam War 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:23) Early Life -Born in Baskin, Florida on March 10, 1947 -Parents were farmers -Grew corn, peanuts, tobacco -Engaged in sharecropping -Raised horses, cows, goats, and mules -Ha...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Lewis Berra Vietnam Era-Cold War 33 minutes 41 seconds (00:00:42) Early Life -Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1942 -Grew up in Detroit -Father worked as an arc welder -Died in an on the job accident when Lewis was five years old -Mot...
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- Text: ... uniform, didn’t have any trouble but took it off right away, didn’t think about since Classifies himself as a reluctant veteran, he opposed the war Had saved some money in the service, went back to work for Heath Company when he got home Ended up going into maintenance, dabbled in sale...
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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 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...