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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 49:07 Albert Larsen WWII Veteran United States Navy; December 1942 to October 1945 YMS minesweeper (00:25) Pre-enlistment: • Born in Arcadia but moved at the age of five to Chicago • Lived in Chicago...
![Larsen, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2007 Larsen, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/bce330849f302bf9d14d53353e2aa3d0.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Fred Spencer (01:18:48) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • • Fred was born in Iowa in 1924 and then moved to Kalamazoo, MI in 1935 His father worked for Standard Oil, but lost his job during the Depression so they...
![Spencer, Fred S. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Spencer, Fred S. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ac3b10f09f502d4104cec8bbab987f16.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Donald Newton (00:59:50) (0:00:20) Pre-Enlistment • • • • • • Graduated High School in 1942 at 16 years old. Put to work on NRA project before enlistment (0:01:16) Father had own business during Great Depression- a gas stat...
![Newton, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2008 Newton, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/80fafbfa85c3629a99e3ff6dfdfa6d8e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Lyle Perschke (1:21:23) (00:15) Background Information • • • • Lyle was born in Wisconsin in 1922 His father worked for the American Seating Company and was transferred to Grand Rapids in 1925 He graduated from Union ...
![Perschke, Lyle (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007 Perschke, Lyle (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1997ddf7e61d99fc9a9a23d0acfa53a7.jpg)
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- Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project World War II John Wessels (1:03:17) Background Information (00:25) He was born in Grand RapidsMichigan, in 1924. (00:31) John worked a paper route on the Northeast and Southeast Sides of Grand Rapids. (00:50) H...
![Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012 Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b1b06d51ec8ac6988243efd927e188f7.jpg)
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- Text: ...e artillery for those troops invading the island (33:40) Had quite a few ships there (34:10) Australians were pretty gung-ho veterans (35:00) Stayed there several weeks, but never went ashore (35:10) War ended on his way back to the Philippines (35:30) Spent a week in Tokyo after the war, a...
![Winchester, Forrest (Interview outline and video), 2009 Winchester, Forrest (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/496fd374585cb081a7100dc471f1ca53.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Donald Johnson (01:05:00) (00:10) Before Joining the Service • • • Donald went to South High school in Grand Rapids, MI It was a good school; they treated the few German and Japanese students well He enlisted because he had want...
![Johnson, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007 Johnson, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/01e4c64f0ddeafadce3ac1177a01fcf5.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Warren Wandrey World War II (1:23:31) Background Information (00:40) Born November 9th 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. (00:43) For the first 3 years of his life he lived in Chicago.
![Wandrey, Warren (Interview outline and video), 2011 Wandrey, Warren (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/eb4bb6494fd558b30fa948159f7847af.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Carl King World War II Total Time: 54:33 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:00) • • • • • • • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1924. (00:45) Father was a furniture maker before the depression and then became a fa...
![King, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2009 King, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0ea7da36f4a4fd6221e75f9a95dec5c9.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charles Hoffman World War II Total Time: 1:11:30 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:12) • • • • • • Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924.
![Hoffman, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2005 Hoffman, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/18aee6790398d9815da14ce3ab6b3bf6.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Barwacz (01:53:59) (00:20) Background Information • John was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 3, 1921 • His father immigrated from Russia and his mother immigrated from Poland • The Depression was tough on his family an...
![Barwacz, John (Interview outline and video), 2008 Barwacz, John (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/97abe5a2473cf2a3dd6a79e21dda0c7e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Era Donald Beachum Interview Length: (00:25:37:00) Early Life (00:00:26:00) Beachum was born August 23rd, 1927. (00:01:21:00) Beachum grew up in Benton Harbor, Michigan. (00:00:39:00) Beachum’s father ...
![Beachum, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2006 Beachum, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6a3fafed4d7d0f193ed47a130628cf93.jpg)