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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Joe Reiss Length of interview (1:23:09) (0:36) Background Born October 3, 1920 in Cheshire Township, Michigan (0:48) Father worked as a blacksmith in town of Agnew
![Reiss, Joe (Interview outline and video), 2012 Reiss, Joe (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6a7bb092168ff2b8b5ca1c40fea52191.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Paul Wilt Cold War-Early 1960s 26 minutes 26 seconds (00:00:07) Early Life -Born in Fairmont, West Virginia on June 30, 1942 -Had a brother who is now deceased -Father worked and mother stayed
![Wilt, Paul L (Interview outline and video), 2015 Wilt, Paul L (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f5d34d01fef9a10b207ecf4186844b22.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Lawrence Gardner (01:06:56) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • Lawrence was born in Illinois near the Mississippi River His father worked for the railroad and often was transferred
![Gardner, Lawrence D. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Gardner, Lawrence D. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0af0b147d38a3b3b6621231ca7d81e3f.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Rex Rogers (57:33) (00:25) Background Information • Rex was born in Lansing, Michigan in the early twenties • His father was a tool and dye maker • They moved to Battle Creek, Michigan where Rex
![Rogers, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2008 Rogers, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/87cda267b70c0e341f6ac0dd27bf3b67.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Gordon Rowe Length: 44:07 (00:15) Background Information Gordon was born on May 23, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan He grew up in Highland Park and went to school
![Rowe, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008 Rowe, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/10cc480b3da16c8694caa3d32f8d7a4e.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Brian Sager (40:42) Background Information (00:22) He was born in approx. 1978 and was raised in Brown City, Michigan, where he attended and graduated high school. (00:22) After
![Sager, Brian (Interview outline and video), 2011 Sager, Brian (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a896a9dcd799fdb8191255101595450d.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project World War II Bill Karpowicz Total Time (01:12:18) Background (00:00:48) Bill was born February 10th, 1924 in Muskegon, Michigan and had four sisters; Bill's father worked as a shoe repairman
![Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013 Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/954bc6beffe28e1d41ade01a487be8c7.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Flate Staples Length: 33:43 (00:15) Background Information Flate was born on September 4, 1924 in Mississippi and moved to Michigan in 1931 His mother worked as a seamstress
![Staples, Flate (Interview outline and video), 2008 Staples, Flate (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/740f72b2afd595f42fd1af5231e5dc2a.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Bob Mueller (00:41:41) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • • Bob was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 8, 1921 His father worked as a chemist and was also a very good pianist Bob went
![Mueller, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008 Mueller, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/25d06752b80626ba7cc512aa40ecc362.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oliver L. Butler (29:49) (00:06) Grand Rapids Michigan • When Pearl Harbor was hit, Oliver was working at Imperial Metal Products • Oliver enlisted in the military after the attack (00:37) South
![Butler, Oliver J (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004 Butler, Oliver J (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1155a9d4773db85aa02a013cdc7fb358.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harold Schipper (00:39:00) (00:07) Introduction: • Born in Holland, Michigan • Worked in freight warehouses. • His father worked in a print shop. • One of his brothers was in the service before
![Schipper, Harold J. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Schipper, Harold J. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/44c68c0550b32ce422b78a1c4052bae6.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ron Howell (1:35:54) Background Information (00:15) • • • • • • Born in Flint, Michigan on May 15th 1948. (00:18) His father worked for AT&T. His job required them to move to Indianapolis where
![Howell, Ron (Interview outline and video), 2012 Howell, Ron (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/47fd51af2fdf8a44d9a575f4c8c2d586.jpg)