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  • Text: ...matic and deadly yet didn’t actually seem quite that bad • Proud of what did, if asked to do it again, he and most other veterans would serve again (47:58) Bombing at the Abbey at Monte Cassino • Abbey built in 450 AD by St. Benedict o Started the Catholic order of the Benedictine mon...
Strom, Carl J. (Interview outline and video), 2006

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II, Korean War, Lebanese Conflict, Vietnam War William Schrader Length of interview: (01:58:00) Background Information: (00:00:33)  Born in Alpena, Michigan, on October 19, 1929  Moved to Chelsea, Michigan wher...
Schrader, William (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Grace Powers Length of Interview: 10:02 (00:02) XX (name of interviewer unknown): I’m going to start with just really simple questions to ask you.
Powers, Grace (Interview transcript and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Jack Harris Length of interview (00:45:32) (00:00:18) Introduction & Pre-War Life  Childhood (00:00:18) o Born in Lucas, Ohio to a family of farmers in 1933 o Father was a bootlegger o He was seven when World...
Harris, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Robert Hoolsema Cold War-Korean War Era 41 minutes 7 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan in Blodgett Hospital -Grew up in the Grand Rapids area -Father was a carpenter -During the Great Depression hi...
Hoolsema, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...n Service -Early on he didn’t feel that his time in the Army had had any major effect on his life -For a long time being a veteran was something that was best kept quiet -Without the GI Bill he wouldn’t have been able to go through graduate school -It is only in recent years that he has...
Chaffee Jr., Donald (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Madelaine McGregor Length: 38 Minutes Pre War She was born in South Bend, Indiana (0:30) Her maiden name is Schrader and she has one older brother (0:38) She went to high school in South Bend (0:44) She meet her husband [Mi...
McGregor, Madelaine (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Description: ... of personnel during the September 11th Attacks. After he retired from the Army he has stayed active with support groups for veterans, and helped with the Truth Commission on Conscience in War, and has also written on Moral Injury in War. ...
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Herman Keizer Cold War/Vietnam War/Peacetime/War on Terror 1 hour 43 minutes 13 seconds (00:00:49) Early Life -Born in Chicago on May 21, 1938 -He was the oldest of seven children -He had four sisters and two brothers ...
Keizer, Herman Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Dale Lancaster Cold War-Post Korean War 45 minutes 41 seconds (00:00:39) Early Life -Born in Wyoming, Michigan on June 6, 1931 -Grew up there -Father worked for Nash-Kelvinator as a sprayer -Sprayed the enamel on the boxes of refr...
Lancaster, Dale G (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph "Hank" DeYoung Cold War 38 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:42) Early Life -Born in 1928 in Spring Lake, Michigan -He stayed in high school through the tenth grade -His father worked in a factory, owned a farm for 6 years, t...
DeYoung, Ralph (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Earl O. Henry Jr. Cold War – Vietnam Era 1 hour 5 minutes 6 seconds Note: Earl is also telling the story of his father, Earl O. Henry, who died on the USS Indianapolis. (00:00:40) Earl Jr.’s Early Life -Born in Mayfield, Kentucky...
Henry, Earl O. Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016

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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.
Dove, Arlen (Interview outline and video), 2009