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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Era Gary Wermuth (48:04) Introduction (00:21) Gary was born near Ithaca, Michigan. His family lived on a farm, and in 1961 he went to Michigan State University.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Colin Williams Total Time – (57:00) Background • • • • • • • He was born June 9, 1927 (00:11) He decided to enter the war because he had four brothers that were in the service (00:47) o Everythin...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans Hisotry Project William Sleaford (02:00:01) (00:05) Introduction • Born in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan. • Father was a member of Michigan National Guard during World War I. • Served in World War II. (01:35) High School • 17 years old when Pear...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Melvin Van Dis World War II Total Time: 1:48:02 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:00) • • • • • Born in 1925 Father was a paper ruler for Doubleday Brothers.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harris Van Singel (34:40) (:35) Early Life • (:35) He was born in Byron Center, at his parents’ house. They lived in that house for about six years. • (:54) They moved to the Van Singel farm, where he grew up.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Leonhard Grams World War II (Polish citizen; German soldier) 41 minutes 24 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life Pt. 1 -Born on May 20, 1920, in Adamow, Poland -Town 60 miles south of Russian border in eastern Poland -Had four brothers and a...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Beatrice Takeuchi World War II (Japanese-American Citizen) 45 minutes 52 seconds (00:00:13) Early Life & Family History -Born on May 6, 1921, in Seattle, Washington -Parents had both been born in Japan and migrated to the United ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Schrouder World War II 45 minutes 30 seconds (00:00:15) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Had an older sister and a younger brother -Had a simple childhood -Lived in Burton Heights -Normal neighborhood -Would play &...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project US Navy Paul Allen Total Time (01:23:00) Introduction (00:00:19) Paul was born in 1926 in South Boston; his heritage includes some Irish and English (00:00:34) His father served in WWI for the US Navy where he met his futu...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Dick Hollebeek World War II 1 hour 17 minutes 09 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in 1924 in Sanborn Iowa. -Father a minister -Moved to Lynden Washington in 5th grade.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ken Bucy Vietnam War; Cold War; Iraq War 30 minutes 49 seconds *Note: Times in the outline coincide with timecode in interview (00:18:24) Early Life -Born in Anderson, Indiana, on April 25, 1947 -Went to a famous church in Anderson (...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jerome Warren World War II 29 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Byron Center, Michigan, on November 11, 1926 -Moved to Traverse City, Michigan, when he was a boy -Moved to Ottawa Lake, Michigan, due to his father beco...