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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ted Burzynski (55:57) Background Information (00:20) • • Ted was born in Michigan on April 18, 1916 He has been living in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans since 2004 Las Vegas (1:30) • • • • Ted was approached ...
![Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007 Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d9bb3b487e9b7eb5aebaff9484cb9f98.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewer: Win Mueller Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:11) (00:15) Training Win was drafted in 1942 and inducted at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan He went through tra...
![Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003 Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d77986b9e57b3b582905f7a2d90e64a5.jpg)
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- Description: ...Gerald Gless is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from approximately 1945 to December 1946. In this account, Gless discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment, training, and active duty. He mentions his brief postings at various POW camps in Northern Italy and describes a pris...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Gerald Gless Length of Interview: 19mins. 51secs. Pre‐Enlistment (00:12) • Childhood (00:20) o • Gless was born on February 6th, 1927 in Elkton, MI.
![Gless, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2005 Gless, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/445543a2f323aa861202abbe64d85553.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Joseph Borst Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:12:04) (00:10) Background Information Joseph was a sergeant in the United States Army during World War Two Afte...
![Borst, Joseph L. (Interview outline and video), 2009 Borst, Joseph L. (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3a46a590e2738401fc66fe44ecbacc4f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tommy Williams World War II (11:53) Background Information (00:11) Born August 26th 1920 (00:12) At the age of 18 before he joined the Army, Tommy worked in the field. (1:02) He was raised in Mississippi. (1:25) Military S...
![Williams, Tommy (Interview outline and video), 2011 Williams, Tommy (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b76d741867f4a1d251f44243cdc9394f.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
![Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 2004 Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 2004](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Bea Foster Spivey World War II-Homefront 10 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:01) Husband's Service in the South Pacific -They were married during World War II -Husband was a staff sergeant in the Army -Enjoyed being in the Army -The...
![Spivey, Beatrice Foster (Interview outline), 2015 Spivey, Beatrice Foster (Interview outline), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/eb01bff1c2dd7f5e8a9a9966c10d8d19.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
![Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 200 Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 200](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e634540e63d1ef61593f1da7a34462dd.jpg)
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- Description: Armond Hillock is a World War II veteran who served with the Sigma Corps within the U.S. Army from January 1943 to an undisclosed date. Hillock discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: Armond Hillock Length of Interview (00:23:06) (00:00:23)Pre-Enlistment Background o Took part in World War II. Education o After graduating high school, in 1940, he started work at ...
![Hillock, Armond L. (Interview outline and video), 2005 Hillock, Armond L. (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d0d56568b45cab8eb390522f3a20cf72.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interview: Woodrow Neumann Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:12) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Woodrow was born in Flint, Michigan on July 8, 1918 He came from a German Catholi...
![Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007 Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/db1f8a95e07117f0984ee28f486b277a.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Lavont Pickens Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:52:58) (00:35) Background Information • Lavont was born in Mosley, Michigan • His father owned a creamery and his mother was a telep...
![Pickens, Lavont A. (Interview outline and video), 2003 Pickens, Lavont A. (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5ab45aa172661ac9205705e4c9dde530.jpg)
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- Description: Nickoli Kotchka is a World War II Veteran who served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 in Africa, Italy, France, and Austria as a member of the 15th Infantry 3rd Division. Soon after Pearl Harbor, Kotchka was drafted into the Army and sent to Europe.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Nickoli Kotchka (00: 29:25) (0:45) The early years (West Virginia) • Born July 26, 1915 • Lived in East Gulf, West Virginia which was a coal mining town o Father was a coal miner • Attended school in a two-story building that had...
![Kotchka, Nickoli (Interview outline and video), 2007 Kotchka, Nickoli (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a498043ee4b6ef6f075ca9075f19afb3.jpg)