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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Stuart Jennings (1:00:29) (00:05) Background Information • Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on 03/28/1926 • Stuart was born into a normal middle class family • The depression had struck while he was growing up a...
![Jennings, Stuart (Interview outline and video), 2007 Jennings, Stuart (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/035dd9ec4996646df9df97cab29de420.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Heflin (01:00:07) (00:01) Background Information • • • • • • • John was born in Bellevue, MI He graduated high school and received his draft notice shortly afterwards Instead of being drafted he enlisted in the Air F...
![Heflin, John (Interview outline and video), 2009 Heflin, John (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a8b8ad7bffecd1966e1a8d804462ac83.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charles “Chuck” Butkus Korean War Total Time: Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:30) • • • • • • • Born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1930 Father was an electrician Remembers getting information from the radio dur...
![Butkus, Chuck (Interview outline and video), 2009 Butkus, Chuck (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c5d678573174e5abfc69f3360eb7a31f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Gordon Ludema Length of interview (12:23) (00:00) Background Served as a staff sergeant for the U.S. Air Force. (00:17) When the attack on Pearl Harbor occured, he was 11 years old living on a farm in Dorr, Michigan...
![Ludema, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2005 Ludema, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/75d9937eb43320576c6d4ee8342564ef.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War LeRoy Van Vleet Length of interview (42:49) (00:17) Family Background Birthday May 11, 1931 (00:29) Grew up in Ottawa County, Michigan (00:39) Father worked for the WPA during the Great Depr...
![Van Vleet, Leroy (Interview outline and video), 2010 Van Vleet, Leroy (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/631c14ed004bcf6d1b6d50e961aa4d1c.jpg)
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- Text: ...GVSU Veteran’s History Project Korean War Norman Vermerris Total Time: 27:54 (00:12) Birthday is February 22nd, 1931 (00:27) Worked in the Air Force; highest rank was a Staff Sergeant (00:43) Enlisted in Grand Rapids, Michigan wi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael Scalabrino (00:35:17) (00:39) Pre-enlistment: • After graduating high school he went to work for Ace Ionia in the west side of Grand Rapids • Went to work for the United States Postal Service after leaving the Ace Ionia fa...
![Scalabrino, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2006 Scalabrino, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7920508c7ef56a2010c0de35b37b4c5e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 24:18 Ronald James Seigel United States Air Force; 1979 - ? Air Force Security Specialist (0:00) Personal information • Born in Greenville, MI in 1961 • Joined Air Force in 1979 at age of 18 • Basic traini...
![Seigel, Ronald James (Interview outline and video), 2006 Seigel, Ronald James (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/df50b30af2668fb9ce8bde368d2f15bf.jpg)
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- Text: ...:33) For a short time he worked in an operations officer. He was irritated about how men were treating the returning Vietnam veterans. (1:38:47) He ordered the men who worked under him to greet the returning veterans when they returned to the states. (1:39:58) Cappy served as a sup...
![Rowe, Everett (Interview outline and video), 2012 Rowe, Everett (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/74b523216e0bf2b7be6b741a18f21dd0.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 54:00 William Ewing World War II Veteran Air Force; 1941:Oct. to 1984 3rd Attack [i.e. Bombardment] Group [ Ed. note: Mr. Ewing suffers from Alzheimer’s and his answers are often repetitive and sometim...
![Ewing, William (Interview outline and video), 2007 Ewing, William (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e4ca77ca03a1e4a712c8c1ab2f6fca79.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ronald Allen Vietnam War 24 minutes 45 seconds (00:00:01) Overview of Service and Training -In the Air Force from 1970 to 1974 -Worked with the Airborne Air Rescue Recovery Service -Better known as Air Force Pararescue -Worked as a c...
![Allen, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2013 Allen, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ace1c97f7a623577a06847c044ec3393.jpg)