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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project David Schaper World War II 40 minutes 24 seconds (00:00:02) Early Life -Born in Wright City, Missouri on August 2, 1921 -Graduated from high school -Went to Central Western College for two semesters -Transferred to Sanford-Brown B...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Jack Kennedy World War II 39 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Butterworth Hospital on April 17, 1924 -Grew up in Grand Rapids -Lived across from Blodgett Emergency -Whenever it rained he ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Tom Cannan World War II 45 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Eldorado, Illinois, in 1922 -In southern Illinois near the Kentucky border and the Ohio River -Grew up there -Mother died when he was four years old -Father...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Seymour Harkema Cold War – Korean War period 42 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in 1930 on the southeast side of Grand Rapids, Michigan -Father worked as a shoe repairman -Helped his father with work sometimes -Fathe...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Doug Voss Cold War 1968 – 1971 (South Korea and West Germany) 1 hour 25 minutes 9 seconds (00:00:40) Early Life -Born on March 1, 1950, in Buffalo, New York -Moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1963 -Father worked at a lumber mill ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jessica Oudbier War on Terror 2 hours 38 minutes 37 seconds (00:00:14) Early Life -Born on April 6, 1989 in Fort Ord, California near Monterrey, California -Father was stationed there at the time for the Defense Language Institute -H...
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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 ...