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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project William Deary (1:38:17) Background Information (00:07) Born in Pontiac, Michigan on July 31st 1925 (00:09) William grew up in Pontiac. (00:20) His father was trained as a painter in England.
![Deary, William (Interview outline and video), 2011 Deary, William (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/997fe04ba46848accfba0ca7b8f015ad.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Joseph Naperola 1:21:49 Introduction (00:48) Joseph was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1923. His father was a blacksmith, working with horses and similar work.
![Naperola, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2013 Naperola, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/91fd653cabf68e6955cc8169304a7951.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project World War II Dewey Lenger Length of Interview (01:06:20) (00:13) Family and Work Life Pre-Enlistment Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on may 21, 1922.
![Lenger, Dewey (Interview outline and video), 2011 Lenger, Dewey (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/87f0c00c983e86ba1a07f68316d6e039.jpg)
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- Description: John Frens is a World War II veteran who served out of the 792nd Bomb Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps from December, 1942 to 1945, and remained in the reserves until 1958. He served in the Army Air Corps as a B-29 navigator.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: John Frens Length of Interview: 1hour 23mins. Pre-Enlistment (00:05) Childhood and Education (00:10) o Frens was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 12, 1923. (00:13) o Attende...
![Frens, John (Interview outline and video), 2003 Frens, John (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c07e076589afd0e53ed45dba8bfea9b1.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Bruce Weaver 1:52:06 Introduction (02:15) Bruce was born April 16, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan. He went to school in Fowler, Michigan, which is in Clinton County.
![Weaver, Bruce (Interview outline and video), 2013 Weaver, Bruce (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b021b6ba5bd7c6b242a8760c12c04bfc.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Julius Van Oss 49:05 Background information (00:18) Thought life was pretty good before World War II began although when he graduated from high school he was unable to...
![Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011 Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e667ee51b081a1b35dfe132634e9e3e6.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Adrian Sytsma Length of Interview: 00:53:05 Background: Born in 1923 at home, delivered by his grandmother. His father would move the family to a nice neighborhood, where they wo...
![Sytsma, Adrian (Interview outline and video), 2010 Sytsma, Adrian (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f539abe9376fe9b9795d503d2363865d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Larry Nelson World War II 1 hour 6 minutes 34 seconds (00:00:16) Early Life -Born in Warren, Ohio in 1924 -Grew up in Warren and attended high school there -Father was an accountant -Mother was a housewife -Father worked for Republic...
![Nelson, Larry (Interview outline and video), 2014 Nelson, Larry (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e5a52eff36c0523d32e7f7e583641498.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Lawrence Scheidel Length of Interview: 01:01:43 Background He was born in 1923, June 7th, in Loretto,...
![Scheidel, Lawrence (Interview outline and video), 2010 Scheidel, Lawrence (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0582b341003eac3019f559adf907d850.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Henry Lee Helmink Length of Interview (01:32:05) Background Born in Holland, Michigan, April 15, 1924 Father and mother owned a small farm (near Virginia Park in Allendale) before losing it during The Depression An uncle bought an oi...
![Helmink, Henry Lee (Interview outline and video), 2010 Helmink, Henry Lee (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b5797bcb5b7f5c282be3d1b06bd3fd0a.jpg)