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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Al Orr Name of War: Vietnam War Length of Interview: (00:40:16) (00:20) Background Information • Al was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 1935 • Al graduated from the US Naval Academy in...

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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 Ron registered for the dr...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Allen Vande Vusse Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:29:54:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:14:00) · Vande Vusse was born and raised in Holland, Michigan and lived for the majority of his younger life, graduating from Hollan...

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• Text: ...ur years of Reserve duty left -Never got called up for anything -Staying in for the full two years made him eligible for VA (Veterans Affairs) benefits -Pressured by the Marines to reenlist -Offered monetary and rank promotions -Declined (00:59:45) Post Military Career -Wasn’t aware of ho...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael Burton (01:02:14) (00:14) Pre-enlistment: • He was born in Detroit and grew up in Trenton, MI • Went to Grand Valley State College for in 1965 for one year • His Father worked for Ford Motor and his mother stayed home to r...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Tom Meyer Vietnam War 1 hour 18 minutes 36 seconds (00:00:44) Early Life -Born in 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois -Grew up in Cicero, Illinois -Father was in the garbage business -Helped his father clean the offices -Father was a WWII

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• Text: ...called Bong Song -Not much enemy activity in the area, but there was still fighting in Hue -Didn't have a lot of combat veterans in the unit -Fortunate enough to find a communication Marine that had been to Vietnam before -Told not to trust any Vietnamese civilians and to just leave ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam & Afghanistan & Iraq Baltazar Martinez Total Time – (02:11:52) Introduction / Basic Training – (00:00:11)  Baltazar Martinez was born in Plainview, Texas on August 8th, 1952; he lived there for abou...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Edwin Heiden (2015) 105 Minutes (00:00:20) Pre-Enlistment       Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in March 1947 Raised in St.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project David Guevara Interview Total Time: 54:47 Background  (00:18) Born in Martin, Michigan on October 19th, 1947 o Parents were migrant workers so they moved around a lot  (00:50) They moved to different states, picked crops, a...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Loren Brand Length of interview (02:05:07) Background Information: (00:30)      Born November 23, 1943 in Niles, Michigan Currently lives in Ludington, Michigan Interviewer served with Brand in the ...

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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Jim Hunter Total Time – (1:36:10) Background (00:00:13) • Jim Hunter grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was born in July of 1946 as he attended St.