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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 Tony Pacino (24:12) Background Information (00:14) Served with the Marine Corps as a combat medic (Navy Corpsman) in Somalia (00:15) Tony joined the military due to its education opportunities. (00:21) He en...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Justin Pelham Length: 52:09 (00:20) Background Information • • • • Justin was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 23, 1983 His father worked in manufacturing in Byron Center, Michigan and his mother stayed at h...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Name of Interviewee: Jeannette Rearick Length: (01:01:25) (00:30) Background Information • • • • • • • • Jeannette’s husband John fought in WWII; they had gotten married on November...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: John Reeves; (2nd) Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:37:20) (00:25) Last Mission John Reeves had already done an interview, but later recalled his last mis...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Cornelius Ringnalda & Richard Herrema (00:42:27) (00:30) Background information • • • • • • Richard was born in Michigan in the early twenties and grew up in Grand Rapids He worked on his father’s farm and was drafted...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Robert Ross Length: 32:35 (00:20) Background Information Robert was born on January 12, 1926 He was in the Naval Reserves during WWII and served in the Pacific arena Robert enlisted when he was 17...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charles W. Saur (15:58) (00:00) - Enlisted in the US Army Air Corps from February ’43- November “45 - 764th SQDN. 461 Bomb GP. 49th Wing - Highest Rank: Captain - Received an Air Medal and a DFC during service in World War...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Californialvin Schutte Korean War Total Time: 1:21:35 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:06) Born in 1924 on a farm in Michigan.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Morgan Singer Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:53:40) Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:13) • • • • • • • Born in Pinckney, MI He had 10 brothers. (00:57) He decided to enli...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Wilbur Bouwkamp (Bill) (00:44:00) Introduction (00:15) Family and Friends (00:20) • Born in Lamont, MI on January 28th 1919. Bouwkamp describes in some detail his dad’s duties and responsibilities as a farmer. (02:40) • Further...