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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Melvin Bowser (00:49:47) (00:05) Introduction • Born outside Toledo Ohio, 9/11/1944 • Stayed on farm until he was around nine years old. • Moved into Toledo. • Was expelled from Catholic school in seventh grade after ...
![Bowser, Melvin (Interview outline and video), 2008 Bowser, Melvin (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/081b69200371179e9c53bb9e60671fd2.jpg)
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- Text: Veterans are represented in a different way because of the culture. In order to honor the customs of his community, he gives the interviewer some items from his culture, in exchange for letting him be a part of this project.
![Williams, Roger (Interview outline and video), 2010 Williams, Roger (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ba5f97b176dffec193c0212fdc5d7075.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Richard De Young Interview Length: (00:05:10:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:31:00) Born on September 2, 1944 in Petoskey, Michigan (00:00:31:00) o De Young’s father was in the WPA and then served as a co...
![De Young, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2010 De Young, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ec770ac8f1eae8378d77841c15d1183e.jpg)
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- Description: James Frederick is a Vietnam War veteran who served initially in the ROTC and then the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to 1993. In this account, Frederick discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment, and basic training in the U.S.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee’s Name: James Frederick Length of Interview: 20 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11) Childhood (00:13) o Born in Plainwell, MI although he grew up in Allegan. (00:34) Education (00:4...
![Frederick, James (Interview outline and video), 2008 Frederick, James (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8808661ec001378f932a07d052adbb21.jpg)
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- Description: In the early 1980s he was assigned to the Pentagon to work with Tactical Air Control Party units and retired from that in 2003. He is now an active member of the Kent County Honor Guard aiding veterans and veterans' families.
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- Text: ...red from the Air Force in late 2003 -Has worked with the Kent County Honor Guard since he retired -Helping with funerals for veterans from World War Two and the Korean War -Averaging about twenty funerals a month -Most of them are from WWII or the Korean War -Helps get veterans med...
![Schaefer, William "Bill" (Interview outline and video), 2014 Schaefer, William "Bill" (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/32fd1409ccb7764933a8a8b8d708089c.jpg)
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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 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)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Era Father Robert Goedert 27:29 Introduction (00:08) Robert was born on January 23, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois.
![Goedert, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2013 Goedert, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4f4b2f052ea3c2cf1bf68a08d90b13d0.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Kendrick Coryell Vietnam War/Cold War Total Time: 1:07:29 Childhood and Pre-Service (0:00:00) • • • • • • • Born in Victoria, Kansas, but grew up on a farm in Blain County, Oklahoma.
![Coryell, Kendrick (Interview outline and video), 2009 Coryell, Kendrick (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9ffc13182965efca451378dd6436dbcb.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Korean War Name of Interviewee: Amos Sterzick Jr. Length of interview (0:46:24) (00:06) Background Born in [Delton, MI (00:32) Had two brothers and one sister.
![Sterzick, Amos E. (Interview outline and video), 2009 Sterzick, Amos E. (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7afe184df0e3d37a6b297a1b69b38f62.jpg)
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- Text: ... 1969 -Coworker made negative remarks to him about Vietnam and his service in Vietnam -Gravitated toward coworkers that were veterans -Had trouble adjusting to the flexibility of civilian life -Still wants things to be in order -Had been offered $7,000 to reenlist in the Air Force, but decl...
![Churchill, Dennis Ray (Interview outline and video), 2015 Churchill, Dennis Ray (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/18f28924511d121fe894d2706e4a669d.jpg)