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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Gordon Siggins World War II 1 hour 40 minutes 27 seconds (00:00:13) Early Life -Born in Highland Park, Michigan -Moved to Lansing, Michigan -Quit school after the ninth grade -Wanted to see what work was like before he joined the ...
Siggins, Gordon Donald (Interview outline and video), 2016

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interviewee’s Name: Fred Bernhardt Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:40:00) Background  Born 2/6/1927 in Grand Rapids, MI. (00:14)  Went to Union High School. (00:24)  Enlisted at age 17 in the Mari...
Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Howard Terry: Disc One Length: 2:17:45 (00:15) Background Information         Howard was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1927 His father was born in 1853 and fought in the Civil War, then became a stre...
Terry, Howard (Interview outline and video)

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  • Text: ...napolis in Indianapolis -Emotional event when it was first unveiled in 1995 -Has been to the memorial on other occasions -On Veterans’ Day people have come up to him and asked him about the sinking -People from the Smithsonian Institute and from Ireland have wanted to interview him -He in...
Harrell, Edgar (Interview outline and video), 2016

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Bernie Link Length of interview: 01:02:42:00        Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1925 (00:00:53:00) His parents immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1923 along with his older b...
Link, Bernie (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...ifty years after the Marines landed on Iwo Jima, Howard and I attended a memorial program in Kalamazoo. It was what the Navy veterans remembered and what the Marine veterans didn't say that impressed m~. It was after our family doctor asked Howard why he was connected to the
Bennink, Howard E. (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008

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  • Text: ...ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW ROBERT AUSTIN Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan Resides: Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project, Transcribed by: Joan Raymer, October 2, 2011 Interviewer: Now, Mr. Austin can you start out by telling us a little bit about yourself? Where and when...
Austin, Robert (Interview transcript and video), 2008