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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Charles Mangold (01:19:55) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • • • • Charles was born June 9, 1952 in Saginaw, MI He grew up on a farm in Three Rivers, MI and his dad worked for the county His father sold the f...
![Mangold, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008 Mangold, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e63caa51316cfe0db6288d8312cfaa65.jpg)
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- Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...
![Carlson, John (Interview outline and video, 3 and 4 of 4), 2011 Carlson, John (Interview outline and video, 3 and 4 of 4), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/affb9f8ba9c85f5f9aae3b6fc26e0020.jpg)
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- Description: John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Carlson Parts 1, 3 and 4 Cold War, Vietnam War PART 1 1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Parents came from St. Paul, Wisconsin and moved to Holland, Michigan in 1936 -He was born in 1943 -Dad worked at the Fried...
![Carlson, John (Interview outline and video, 1 of 4), 2011 Carlson, John (Interview outline and video, 1 of 4), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/07b5c8c3738ca17090e756a6b8ab87c8.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Name of Interviewee: Steve Wendt Length of Interview: 00:18:37 Background: Steve served in the United States Navy from the Fall of 1...
![Wendt, Steven (Interview outline and video), 2010 Wendt, Steven (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f63334befa6fab25e9cbd84d8ee5a7f2.jpg)
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- Text: ...Interview Notes Length (51:23) Donald Vogel Vietnam War Veteran United States Navy (00:20) Pre Enlistment. • Graduated from High School 1966 • Joined Naval Reserve right out of high school. (01:57) • Sent to San Francisco • When in San Francisco, assigned to Assault Craft Division 1...
![Vogel, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007 Vogel, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/739ef4a09deea9d8cadbff726bee03f7.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Harry Kooyman Cold War/Vietnam War 55 minutes 43 seconds (00:00:38) Early Life -Born in the Netherlands in 1944 -Known as the “Starving Times” because of the Second World War -Mother couldn't produce enough milk to f...
![Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012 Kooyman, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/24ac16db7d36d40da24a319c22046a5e.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Cold War & Desert Storm Name of Interviewee: Avery Loucks Length of Interview: 00:16:48 Background: He lives in Kentwood, Michigan.
![Loucks, Avery (Interview outline and video), 2010 Loucks, Avery (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5b7a1c375c4e5781b68d5a9a71e8af06.jpg)
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- Description: ...Susan Ryan Bowers is the widow of Vietnam War veteran Steven Bowers. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee and then grew up in Florida. She met Steven in 1963 after a deployment to Europe. He was in the Navy as a bombardier/navigator for an A5 Vigilante in RVAH 5 Squadron (reconnaissance)...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Susan Ryan Bowers Vietnam War 49 minutes 45 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Memphis, Tennessee -Moved to Florida when her father went to fight in World War II -Lived in Florida from 1941 to 1965 -Lived in Coral Gables and Jack...
![Bowers, Susan (Interview outline and video), 2014 Bowers, Susan (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/601385b29aa33971b5602be3363624bf.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project James Butler (59:05) (00:11) • Born in Cleveland, Ohio 1946 • His father was in the Navy in World War II. • His mother worked at the bomber plant in World War II. • When he turned 17, he had began getting calls for the draft. �...
![Butler, James (Interview outline and video), 2008 Butler, James (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c1540986baa190a277b57abeef0d3ba0.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Randy Curry (02:38:00) (43:00)Washington D.C. • Born November 19, 1944 • Father was in the military for 23 years. He was the head dietician at Walter Reed Hospital • When he was two he spent 3 years in Bettelheim Germany where his...
![Curry, Randall Lee (Interview outline and video), 2007 Curry, Randall Lee (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b37c20fbdfda8aca71b95a3df2c4d259.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Dr. Edward Byrd Vietnam War 1 hour 24 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born on January 26, 1940 in Birmingham, Alabama -Moved to Washington D.C. and grew up there -His father started several businesses -Most successful one w...
![Byrd, Edward (Interview outline and video), 2014 Byrd, Edward (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2936481b9f3c3edc981ef2e89f915675.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project US Navy Paul Allen Total Time (01:23:00) Introduction (00:00:19) Paul was born in 1926 in South Boston; his heritage includes some Irish and English (00:00:34) His father served in WWI for the US Navy where he met his futu...
![Allen, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2014 Allen, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fb5e87df9b52898e847d4edada76b704.jpg)