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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Daryll Burton (00:21:22) Childhood (Grand Rapids, MI) - Born Jan 21, 1959 - Burton JHS 9th Grade - Central HS Grad '76 - Cub Scout, Boy Scout, YMCA, Rocket Football, Camp - ROTC
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- Description: Jarvis Brink is a Cold War veteran from Zeeland, Michigan where he attended Holland High School and graduated from there in 1953. In 1954 he joined the Army and served for two years. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jarvis Brink Cold War Interview Length: 11 minutes 9 seconds (00:00:04) Early Life and Overview of Service -From Zeeland, Michigan -Attended Holland High School -Graduated in 1953 -Joined
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- Description: Quincy Leslie is a WW II veteran from Cheboygan, Michigan who served in the U.S. Army after being drafted in 1942. He served in a radar unit on the New Jersey shore, and then as a supply officer in Hawaii until his discharge in 1946. After the war
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Quincy Leslie (00:28:00) (00:06) Introduction (00:14) Family and Childhood • Born in Northport, Michigan and moved to Cheboygan, Michigan in seventh grade. He lived with his
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: Vietnam War Name of Interviewee: Bert Jones II Length of Interview (00:22:38) Background (00:00:03) Born on Sept 9, 1949 Served in Vietnam/Cambodia for the United States’ Army
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- Description: he completed 6 years he returned home and married another veteran.
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Steve Collison (00:41:30) (15:27) Waldlake, Michigan • Born August 3 1961 • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac • Remembers the roads being dirt and having to wait for the cows to cross
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 7:35 Daniel John Morley Veteran United States Army; 1987 to1993 (0:00) Life before the service (0:30) West Point Military Academy • 19 years old • Picked West Point
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- Description: years. During his time in the Army, Jeff drove trucks and continued to do so after being discharged. Jeff currently lives in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: , traveling to 48 states and Canada He then began working in Texas transporting computers Jeff began having medical problems and could no longer drive He now lives in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (18:35) Marriage Jeff got married to a woman
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- Description: John Salistian Jr. was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He had a passion for playing his saxophone before the war and during the war. He enlisted to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam, and wound up being sent there anyway. He has never married
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Salistian Jr. (00:44:16) (18:00) Detroit Michigan • Born March 20 1947 • Remembers serial number, RA#16926237 • Father John Salistian • Mother Mary Salistian • Sister Diane Salistian • John
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Richard LaVern Smith Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Length of Interview: (00:09:23) Interview Notes Pre-Enlistment -Richard Smith, born in Hilliards, MI
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- Description: Lawrence M. Gary is a WW II Veteran who served in the United States Army in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He was assigned to F Co 341st Infantry Regiment (86th "Blackhawk" Div.), spending the majority of his military service time
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 45:56 Lawrence Millard Gary WWII Veteran United States Army; November 1942 to March 1946 Infantry (0:00) Info - Born January 1st 1932 (Says 1992, later clarified as '32
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview August Clavier World War II Total Time: 33:20 Pre-War (03:56) • • • • • • Born April 12th, 1922 Father was born in Belgium, and moved to the United States when he 2, and he worked
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Fred Garcia Vietnam War Total Time: 27:58 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:18) Born in Lansing, MI in 1948 Obtained a Masters Degree from Michigan State University