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- Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Keith Blough (11:54) Pre-Enlistment • Born August 28, 1925 (0:20) • Born south of Freeport, MI (0:38) • Attended Freeport High School (0:45) Enlistment • Drafted in to the Navy in November
![Blough, Keith (Interview outline and video), 2004 Blough, Keith (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8bd6c2952f920b050591347c870fe3d9.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview John Thiel Vietnam War Total Time: 26:30 Pre-War (00:00) • • • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1950. Was part of a family of 6 children. Joined the Navy right upon leaving High
![Thiel, John (Interview outline and video), 2008 Thiel, John (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2269fe6320f2853e54ffe7e1e2f46eb6.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Mark Thiel Vietnam War Total Time: 26:30 Pre-War (00:00) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1950. Was part of a family of 6 children. Joined the Navy right upon leaving High
![Thiel, Mark (Interview outline and video), 2009 Thiel, Mark (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d93554ff344aabb69fdc8141574d9678.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Ed Brooks Length: 32:06 (00:15) Background Information • Ed was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in 1940 • He had 2 brothers, his father was a farmer and his mother a housewife • Ed
![Brooks, Richard (Interview outline and video) ca. 2005 Brooks, Richard (Interview outline and video) ca. 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f0365145a3fca9572adea4a8c5cbf93b.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Katherine Powers Total Time – (08:00) She was married to Thomas Powers He served in the Navy (00:11) He was in the Navy for three years during
![Powers, Thomas (Interview outline), 2010 Powers, Thomas (Interview outline), 2010](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Joseph Dorgan Length of Interview (00:16:58) Introduction (00:00:00) Born November 10, 1925 Served in World War II in the Navy Highest Rank was Postman’s Mate 2nd Class Birthplace
![Dorgan, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2009 Dorgan, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/55325d8f52a38f74976fd5c19ac20317.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Spud Ensing Length of interview (50:23) (0:08) Background Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 31, 1926(0:35) Lived in Grand Rapids until 8th grade then moved
![Ensing, Eugene "Spud" (Interview outline and video), 2012 Ensing, Eugene "Spud" (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7ab5fbf2401f4d096f36a855d1f171dc.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 23:38 George Schuster WWII Veteran United State Navy; 1941 to 1945/46 Introduction (0:17) • Was born in St. Claire Shores. Entry into service (1:07) • Lied about his
![Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007 Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/150383f100576025a633f4640e78824a.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ronald Zandbergen Cold War 23 minutes 0 seconds (00:00:10) -Born in November 26th, 1942 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -Raised on a farm. -About 250 acre farm raising animals for food. -Sold
![Zandbergen, Ronald Fay (Interview outline and video), 2015 Zandbergen, Ronald Fay (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5013053e63cc3351a76c6b4470452975.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charlie Swendsen World War II Total Time: 56:30 Guided Tour of the USS Silversides (00:00) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (00:00) Explanation of the deck gun, noted
![Swendsen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2009 Swendsen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d0d30f890b7b0046c2523a333bb50f39.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Homer Berry Length of Interview: (00:13:59) (00:40) Pre-Enlistment Background o Homer was born in Flint, Michigan on February 13, 1925. o
![Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cfa0bb69f314eb1b55c076ca823d04ed.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam Era Richard Kranenberg (16:11) Background Information (00:23) Born on January 6th 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (00:25) He has a brother and two sisters. (00:45) He
![Kranenberg, Richard (Interview outline), 2012 Kranenberg, Richard (Interview outline), 2012](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png)