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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frederick Rawsthorne (42:20) Pre Enlistment Born in St Helens, England, June 6, 1922 Family immigrated to America when very young Returned to England with Mother and Father few years
![Rawsthorne, Frederick (Interview outline and video), 2006 Rawsthorne, Frederick (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/87a9f14883a6df347a7b8f8ab0c0405e.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Larry R. Armstrong (18:15) Pre-Enlistment • Born in Livingston, TN (1:40) • Was a shoe shine boy when he was 8 years old (2:00) • Became a boxer when he was in his teen years (2:20) • Tried
![Armstrong, Larry (Interview outline and video), 2003 Armstrong, Larry (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ff483618ff74907e965c976874832f50.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Fred Bernhardt Name of War: World War II Length of Interview (00:36:31) Disc Two (00:30) Marine Photographer There were picture sets available to all those in the division
![Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007 Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a0e2fb6efc2e758b09a85b43f1fbf15d.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Janssen (53:28) (00:25) Background Information • • • • • John was born on April 30, 1922 in Wisconsin His father bought a farm in Michigan in 1928 and they moved John graduated from high
![Janssen, John (Interview outline and video), 2008 Janssen, John (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/bc367cc9704d97db109f624931822d38.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harry Daleure (1:05:07) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • Harry was born in Salem, Indiana on July 16, 1926 The area had bad weather and lots of snow He lived in a small town of about
![Daleure, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2007 Daleure, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4f82791703b571ed8bfa2dbf4e6241e5.jpg)
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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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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)