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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Raymond Paul Opeka (01:23:54) (00:20) Background Information • Raymond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1856 • His mother was an accountant and his father worked in a factory • When Ray was only 17 years old he got his mother’s pe...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Rasmussen Cold War (Vietnam Era); Cold War (Post-Vietnam); Gulf War 30 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 24, 1942 -Family moved to the West Coast and moved around a lot -Yakima, ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Gerald Wells (18:10) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Was in the service 1953-1955 (:07) Born 11/11/1932 (0:14) Lived with his father...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Willard Brock Cold War/Post-Korean War 22 minutes 3 seconds (00:00:23) Early Life -Born on June 8, 1936 in Gaines Township, Michigan -There were nine children in his family -Active household -Remembers every family had a gard...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph Slager World War II-Post War 28 minutes 52 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Comstock, Michigan on January 9, 1928 -Grew up in Comstock and lived there until he got married -His father worked in a lumberyard then for the U...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Lawrence Koster Length of interview: (54:58) (00:37) Early Life Lawrence (Larry) was born on May 13, 1935 in Grand Rapids Michigan His father was an auto mechanic and his mother was a housekeeper o ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harry L. Fortier 43:23 Background Information (00:18) Born August 5th 1952 in Ludington, Michigan (00:19) Served in the Army Specialist 4th class (00:20) Due to his father’s job, the family moved often. He had lived in...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project John Baker III Post-Korean War Cold War (00:00:11) Early Life, World War II, and the Korean War -Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1935 -Grew up in Kalamazoo -Remembers ration stamps during World War II -Wasn't too concerned abo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Marvin Besteman Cold War (1950s) 40 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born on June 29, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan -Grew up on the southwest side of Grand Rapids -Family worked in the produce business -Went to the Unive...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project (51:31) Johnnie Myles Background information (00:16) Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1929. (00:18) Part of his family lived in Mississippi and part of it lived in Louisiana (00:54) His f...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Kosovo War Fidel Angel Vega Length of interview (00:41:01) (00:00:14) Introduction & Civilian Life Fidel was born in the Bronx, New York on June 30, 1973 (00:00:32) His father worked in silk-screening, while his mo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Steve Pullen Vietnam War 45 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -He was born on Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico -His father was an Air Force pilot -They moved around a lot when he was growing up -His father had deployments ...