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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview William Peterson Length: 16:23 (00:40) Background Information William was born on May 1, 1924 He had been working with his father to train bird dogs before he enlisted in the Navy William spent 3 years in active d...
![Peterson, William (Interview outline and video), 2009 Peterson, William (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/624da354523b4f5e3e16380551b06579.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Machiele (06:56) (00:15) Background Information • Robert was born on March 7, 1944 in Zeeland, MI • His father worked at a casket factory • Robert worked making kitchen cabinets before the war (01:41) Training • Robert we...
![Machiele, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008 Machiele, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f87f4865e161fefdf4c3df8be2ddeac1.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jason Smith (17:05) Overview of Service (00:30) • • • • • • • • • • Awards and various citations. (3:21) Operation Iraqi Freedom document and picture. (4:20) Promotion papers. (5:39) He had 2 close friends who died ...
![Smith, Jason (Interview outline), 2010 Smith, Jason (Interview outline), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a4751c1a6bd03092df6b6116e36f69ba.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Jerry McFarland Name of War: Vietnam War Length of Interview: (00:40:57) (00:30) Background Information Jerry was born march 24, 1933 and enlisted in the Navy in 1950 He had envied hi...
![Mc Farland, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2005 Mc Farland, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/432ca2d75dbc736b6ff7e248f2d3de92.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Greg Glazier (41:12) (00:10) Background Information • Greg was born on April 8, 1967 • He enlisted in the Army in 1985 when he was 18 years old • Greg went to high school in Lansing and has 2 sisters and a brother • He...
![Glazier, Gregory (Interview transcript and video), 2007 Glazier, Gregory (Interview transcript and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8148e0be8beaada71a201e47dcbd1b16.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Roger Elliott (16:07) Background Information (00:18) Born January 9th 1949 (00:19) He served as a Sergeant E5 in the U.S.
![Elliott, Roger (Interview outline), 2012 Elliott, Roger (Interview outline), 2012](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png)
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- Text: He is still in contact with them in 2011. (11:45) He has respect for service members serving. (12:28) Patrick is not a member of any veteran’s organizations. (12:58)
![Frederick, Patrick (Interview outline and video), 2011 Frederick, Patrick (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0ddc8eb117c857c7aa2fbe059f4b1c04.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: George Meyers Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:23:02) (00:15) Background Information George was born in Coloma, Michigan on August 6, 1926 George spent his younger years on his...
![Meyers, George O. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Meyers, George O. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f2441f8e47457b36aeb0755d80bacf0d.jpg)
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- Description: ...William VanderWoude is a Vietnam Era veteran, who served in the U.S. Army from November, 1971 to August, 1973. In this account, VanderWoude discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. VanderWoude briefly describes what his active duty experience was like as a nuclear missil...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee’s Name: William VanderWoude Length of Interview: 10 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11) Childhood (00:12) o VanderWoude was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 11, 1948. (00:23) E...
![VanderWoude, William (Interview outline and video), 2009 VanderWoude, William (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9edbf696029cf8c5ff3a3e463f130dcc.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Iraq War Michael Gower Length of Interview (00:11:54) Background: (0:00:22) Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan Four sisters, one brother Was in school before entering the service Enlisted, was not drafted Joined t...
![Gower, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2009 Gower, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1546221d6280c1ff1f184d8a9cb89286.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Vernon Kayser Total Time – (07:50) Background He was born April 23, 1933 (00:20) He lived on a farm in Caledonia, Michigan (00:35) After high school he too...
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