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  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Daryll Burton (00:21:22) Childhood (Grand Rapids, MI) - Born Jan 21, 1959 - Burton JHS 9th Grade - Central HS Grad '76 - Cub Scout, Boy Scout, YMCA, Rocket Football, Camp - ROTC
Burton, Robert Darrell (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Description: Harry Bolthouse is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1949. Although unable to recall much of his service experience, due to his cerebral hemorrhages, he was able to share pieces of his pre-enlistment and enlistment
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Other veterans and civilians Interviewee name: Harry Bolthouse Length of Interview: (00:06:20) Pre-Enlistment  Background o Born in Grand Rapids, 1930.  Family o Had
Bolthouse, Harry R. (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Description: Jarvis Brink is a Cold War veteran from Zeeland, Michigan where he attended Holland High School and graduated from there in 1953. In 1954 he joined the Army and served for two years. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jarvis Brink Cold War Interview Length: 11 minutes 9 seconds (00:00:04) Early Life and Overview of Service -From Zeeland, Michigan -Attended Holland High School -Graduated in 1953 -Joined
Brink, Jarvis (Interview outline), 2013

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  • Description: Quincy Leslie is a WW II veteran from Cheboygan, Michigan who served in the U.S. Army after being drafted in 1942. He served in a radar unit on the New Jersey shore, and then as a supply officer in Hawaii until his discharge in 1946. After the war
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Quincy Leslie (00:28:00) (00:06) Introduction (00:14) Family and Childhood • Born in Northport, Michigan and moved to Cheboygan, Michigan in seventh grade. He lived with his
Leslie, Quincy (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: Vietnam War Name of Interviewee: Bert Jones II Length of Interview (00:22:38) Background (00:00:03)  Born on Sept 9, 1949  Served in Vietnam/Cambodia for the United States’ Army
Jones, Bert R., II (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Description: he completed 6 years he returned home and married another veteran.
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Steve Collison (00:41:30) (15:27) Waldlake, Michigan • Born August 3 1961 • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac • Remembers the roads being dirt and having to wait for the cows to cross
Collison, Steven (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2007

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  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 7:35 Daniel John Morley Veteran United States Army; 1987 to1993 (0:00) Life before the service (0:30) West Point Military Academy • 19 years old • Picked West Point
Morley, Daniel John (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2006

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  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview August Clavier World War II Total Time: 33:20 Pre-War (03:56) • • • • • • Born April 12th, 1922 Father was born in Belgium, and moved to the United States when he 2, and he worked
Clavier, August (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Description: Lawrence M. Gary is a WW II Veteran who served in the United States Army in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He was assigned to F Co 341st Infantry Regiment (86th "Blackhawk" Div.), spending the majority of his military service time
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 45:56 Lawrence Millard Gary WWII Veteran United States Army; November 1942 to March 1946 Infantry (0:00) Info - Born January 1st 1932 (Says 1992, later clarified as '32
Gary, Lawrence M. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Description: John Salistian Jr. was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He had a passion for playing his saxophone before the war and during the war. He enlisted to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam, and wound up being sent there anyway. He has never married
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project John Salistian Jr. (00:44:16) (18:00) Detroit Michigan • Born March 20 1947 • Remembers serial number, RA#16926237 • Father John Salistian • Mother Mary Salistian • Sister Diane Salistian • John
Salistian Jr., John (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Richard LaVern Smith Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Length of Interview: (00:09:23) Interview Notes Pre-Enlistment -Richard Smith, born in Hilliards, MI
Smith, Richard LaVern (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Description: years. During his time in the Army, Jeff drove trucks and continued to do so after being discharged. Jeff currently lives in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
  • Subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
  • Text: , traveling to 48 states and Canada He then began working in Texas transporting computers Jeff began having medical problems and could no longer drive He now lives in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (18:35) Marriage    Jeff got married to a woman
Bowman, Jeffery (Interview outline and video), 2007