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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Willard Van Singel (59:58) (01:15) Background Information • Willard was born in 1918 in Grand Rapids, MI • His father was a carpenter, but also had to work on cars during the depression to make extra money • Willard graduated in 1...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Gaetan Gerville-Reache U.S. Navy Length of interview: (37:25) (00:00) Early Life and Navy      (00:04)Born on October 8, 1976 Served in the Navy from 1998-2002 After nine months of training in Newport, Rhode ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Raymond Acker Cold War; Vietnam War 17 minutes 57 seconds (00:00:11) Becoming a Chaplain -First served in the Army as an enlisted man -Served overseas with the 549th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion as a radio operator -Returned to ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Herb Kitchens Cold War (Post-Vietnam War) 12 minutes 29 seconds *Note: Times on the outline correspond with the interview’s timecode (02:48:40) Early Life -Born on October 24, 1940, in Bauxite, Arkansas -Grew up in Arkansas -Attend...

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• Text: Grand Valley Stte University Veterans History Project Emil Hurbanis (26:02) Background Information (00:12)     Served in the U.S Army. (00:14) Served in the Vietnam War. (00:18) He graduated from Western Michigan University.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Eldon Hunsberger (00:39:20) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • Eldon was born on a farm in Plainfield, MI He went to college from 1940 to 1941 Eldon had attempted to join the Army Air Corps, but was not accepted because...

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• Text: ...  Moved to Potterville in 1992 (1:49:50)  Attended several reunions for the USS Dickman (1:50:30)  Never joined any veteran’s organization because he is a Mason (1:52:35)  Ribbons, medal and photographs shown (1:53:35) ...

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• Description: ...Wayne Keith Davis is a Veteran who served in the United States Army during peacetime from the late 1970s to the late 1980s in Germany and in the United States. Born in 1957, Davis talks about his childhood growing up in Benton Harbor and his summers spent in Alabama visiting his grandparent...
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• Text: ...ater, served on the Chamber of Commerce as a Supervisor of grounds keeping for 4 years • In 2005, got sick and came to the Veteran’s Home (30:35) How Service Affected His Life • Davis said that he got to see parts of the world he otherwise would have probably never seen. • ...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Gordon Lantz (35:30) Back ground Information (00:26)                He was born in Leslie, Michigan, on April 7th 1930. (00:30) He had 6 siblings.

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• Text: ...countryside -Gained full custody of his son -Worked with local farmers on his property -Became a profitable venture for him -Veterans’ Administration support has been great for him -Goes to the Veterans’ Hospital in Milwaukee for their specialty in spinal injuries -Feels that i...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Robert Knight Cold War-Post Korean War 1 hour 1 minutes 32 seconds (00:01:50) Early Life Pt. 1 -Born in Decatur, Michigan on March 28, 1933 -Ancestors settled in Decatur in 1828 (00:02:08) Service in the Air Force -Enlisted in the...

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• Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...