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- Description: in Okinawa, Joseph was threatened by Japanese plains flying over and shooting many times. After his time in the service, Joseph worked with for an oil refinery and as attended a few veterans' reunions.
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Joseph Boball (1:04:05) (00:25) Background Information • Joseph was born in 1912 • He went to through military training to be a heavy equipment officer • While in Okinawa Joseph had
![Boball, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2007 Boball, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b970b3a9c8bd5ec6489936ea6082d4ed.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Al DeWitt (01:00:02) (00:19) Background Information • • • • Al was born in Grand Rapids, MI in April His stepfather was in the gladiola business, but they lost their farm and had to move Al
![Dewitt, Al (Interview outline and video), 2008 Dewitt, Al (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/54ab2b04cd154c3b44907388a1bd73e3.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ernest Nunley (01:02:35) (00:15) Background Information • Ernest was in the 5th service squadron of the 8th Air Force during World War Two • He started out as a private and ended as a sergeant
![Nunley, Ernest (Interview outline and video), 2005 Nunley, Ernest (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/925fe6da20f44e48f8c26928f4bce978.jpg)
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- Description: George B. Gane is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 92nd Bomber Wing from 1944 to 1945. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment years, enlistment and training in the U.S., and bombing missions in Europe.
- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Subject: George B. Gane Interviewer: Dr. James Smither Interview Length: 46 minutes Introduction (00:15) Family and Friends (01:12) • Gane mentions that his father was a salesman. His
![Gane, George B. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Gane, George B. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/114458b51f24920110166f4821b65941.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- 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
![Saur, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2007 Saur, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3d5989623dd94cdc25ca444439a51ec2.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Twa World War II Total Time: 1:02:30 Pre-War (0:00:10) • • • • • • Born in Crystal Falls, Michigan, in 1922. His father and mother were both cooks. Attended Watervliet High
![Twa, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2009 Twa, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c8761e156fa788eee932bc40d45f3187.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran History Project Dr. Jack Sanders (38:50) (00:25) Introduction • Born in St. Louis, Michigan • Lived in Alma most of his life • Able to skip to third grade because he knew how to read. • Played football in high
![Sanders, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2007 Sanders, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0c4211f39b26763388ad5587637900c0.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Clair Musgrove (54:04) • • (00:25) Hershey Michigan Born in Hershey Michigan on July 8 1919 Taught rural school for 4 yrs after graduation Mother died before he was 5 years old during birth
![Musgrove, Clare (Interview outline and video), 2005 Musgrove, Clare (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8f18436c636633f611a72cfdde8c1c3d.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Eldon Hunsberger (00:39:20) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • Eldon was born on a farm in Plainfield, MI He went to college from 1940 to 1941 Eldon had attempted to join the Army Air
![Hunsberger, Eldon (Interview outline and video), 2008 Hunsberger, Eldon (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d02f8bd781487c49eceea0580b21554e.jpg)
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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ralph Hawley Safford (00:59:57) (00:14) General Background • Born in Ionia county on July 14, 1918. • His father was a farmer. • He can remember helping his father in the fields. • Drove a horse
![Safford, Ralph Hawley (Interview outline and video), 2007 Safford, Ralph Hawley (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7bbe0514beb81b99536cb3fe801de259.jpg)