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NameInterview Type and linkWARBranchHistorical Signicant Location/ Assignment/ Events TagsM/FHometown (born/grew up)Current TownHigh
School		WARBranchBoot Camp/ Basic TrainingMilitary
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Conflicts		RankMedalsPost HS
Education		CareerHFC Flight Date
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Broustis, PeterPodcastWWIIArmyBattle of the Bulge; Liberation of DachauBattle of the Bulge; Liberation of Dachau; The Queen Elizabeth ship; disorderly retreat; frostbite; Munich; MChicagoPark RidgeWWIIArmyfield medicEuropean TheatreStaff SergeantBronze StarRoosevelt UniversityBindary businessJune 7, 2011
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Zwit, Jameswritten

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Podcast		VietnamArmyA Shau Valley, racePerserverance; Reaching a goal; PTSD; Remembrance; Honor; Racial UnderstandingMEvergreen Park ILLaGrange ParkBogan HSVietnamArmyFort Campbell KY; Fort Polk LAInfantry machine gunnerVietnamSpec 4Chicago Police Dept. investigationsJuly 15, 2009
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Abramson, IrvPodcastWWIIArmyBattle of the Bulge, fear, extreme cold, fox holes, german artillery, severe wounds, mash hospital, survivor guilt, Marlena Dietrich, PTSD, community serviceMChicagoLincolnwoodWWIIArmyFort SheridanRiflemanFrance, GermanyPFCPurple Heart, Bronze Star, Presidential CitationUniversity of WisconsinConsumer ProtectionOct. 5, 2016
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Akins, KayVideo InterviewVietnamAir ForceWomen' rolewomen's role Pride, camaraderie, generations of service, volunteeringFNaperville ILNaperville ILNaperville Community High SchoolVietnamAir ForceLackland AF Base, San Antonio TexaSupply schoolTaiwanStaff SergeantAir National GuardJuly 10, 2019
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Alaguilar, AlphonsoVideo InterviewVietnamArmypower of gratitude, danger in a war zone, artilleryNancy SinatraMSan Benito Texas, Aurora ILAurora ILWest Aurora High SchoolVietnamArmyFt Knox Kentucky, Ft Sill OKartillery, ordnanceVietnamMay 12, 2009
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Alcorn, WallaceVideo InterviewKoreaArmyArmy Chaplain through three warsadmiration, heroism, influence, loss, social responsibility, moralityCounterintelligence/ military police/ Army chaplain MMilwaukeeCarol Stream ILKoreaArmyFort Gordon GeorgiaChaplainstateside/ never in combat/ clinical pastoral staff of 2 Army medical centers ColonelseminaryChaplainOctober 2, 2013
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Allen, MorrisvideoKoreaArmyMississippi vs Chicago, Forgotten War, father sonMClarksdale MississippiChicagoKoreaArmyAberdeen MarylandartilleryKoreaCorporalCustodial-CPDNov 2, 2011
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Anderson, DannyPodcast4/10/19
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Ansbro, ElainePodcastSept 9, 2009
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Artz, KrisVideo Interview

Written		KoreaAir ForceWomen's rolemportance of volunteering, woman's role in military, friendshipFBurlington IowaRlk Grove Village ILKoreaAir ForceLackland AF Base, San Antonio Texasstatistical specialistSAC Headquarters NebraskaAirman !st ClassAccountant7/15/09
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Arvidson, MaryVideo InterviewVietnamArmy and NavyPentagon, Intelligence, Women thru WWII to present, Evacuation of Saigon, women's role respect, gratitude, opportunity, diversity, 5 years Army, 25 years NavyFNiles ILPalatine ILVietnamArmy and NavyAlabama, Ft Devans MassIntelligence - Signal analystGermany, England, Japan, Thailand, US, PentagonCommand Master ChiefReserve Liasion J2 Joint Chiefs of Staff8/18/22
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Baltierra, RonaldPodcast5/12/09
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Behling, GeorgePodcastWWIIArmyPOW, Pottsdam, VE DayP51 Mustangs;B52 Bombers; Luftwaffe; Berlin; Interrogation; Battle fatigue; prisoner of war; Pottsdam; Elbe River; V-E Day; GI Bill of Rights; MChicagoOak LawnWWIIArmyEuropean Theatre/German POWLieutenant Worked at a packing companyApril 2022
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Bentley, CurtisVideo InterviewWWIINavyRace, Segregation, Okinawa, Atomic BombAtomic Bomb, OkinawaMThomaston, GeorgiaChicagoN/AWWIINavyGreat Lakesswimming and weaponsOkinawa2nd Class CoxswainBeinenfeld Glass CompanyJune 7, 2011
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Bergonthal, WaltVideo InterviewWWIIArmyNuremberg Trials, RussiansNuremberg Trials, communicationsMCiceroMorton High SchoolWWIIArmyShepard FieldCommunicationsParis, NuremburgSergeantOctober 7, 2021
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Bernier, RichPodcastKoreaArmyRelease and Revelation, God is Good, Service/Family, Life Goes On, Did What he Had to DoKorea, Pork Chop Hill, Seoul, Tokyo, MIAMChicagoOaklawn, ILKoreaArmyRadio Man (got into it because he could speak French)KoreaCorporalPurple HeartIn charge of setting up new stores for Jewel, worked for them for 44 yearsOctober 22, 2008
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Blue, James "Terry" written

video		VietnamMarineCambodia, Laos HoChiMinh, DMZpride, answering the call, malaria, search and destroy. PTSD, service to community, friendship, purpose,MAlabama/ChicagoChicagoMarshall HSVietnamMarineCamp Pendieton CAInfantry, rifleman, Military IntelligenceGuam,Vietnam, Japan, PhilippinesS/Sgt Police Officer- Hines VA and Rush Universtiy CampusOctober 16, 2019
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Bluestein, BerniePodcastWWIIArmyGhost Army; US Army 23rd Headquarters Special Troops; top secret mission Enlisted as art student, non-fighting unit March 1943MClevelandSchaumburg ILWWIIArmyFt. George G Meade MarylandCamouflage division using art skills to create dummy tanks to fool Germans England, France, LuxembourgPFCBiden signed law in Feb 2022 to award Medal of Honor to Ghost Army membersArt Student at Cleveland School of Art Artist/sculptures professionally after WWII. Finished degree after service in WWII. Example of artwork includes he created a miniature tea set out of bullet casings. Oct 26, 2010
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Borst, JoePodcastWWIINavyBattle of Leyte Gulf, Aircraft Carrier St. Lobrothers, aircraft carrier, kamikaze, abandon ship, momMRogers Park ILMorton GroveSt Margaret MaryWWIINavyGreat Lakes Naval StationOperated evaporatorsPhilippinesFireman 2nd ClassOctober 27, 2021
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Bottando, LewWritten

Podcast		VietnamArmyPurple HeartNorth in the mountains MChicago Palos HeightsChicago Vocational VietnamArmy Combat infantry Vietnam E43 Purple Hearts 2 Bronze stars Chicago Fire Battalion ChiefJune 15, 2022
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Branch, RodneyPodcast

Written		VietnamArmyBuglerVietnam MChicago Crete IL VietnamArmyNAArmy BandPlayed taps in Vietnam May 12, 2009
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Brown, RayVideo InterviewWWIIAir Force POWmultinational crew, nosegunner, milkrun, parachute, Hungary, POW, Luftwaffe, Red Cross, Stalag 4, liberationMDetroid, Dayton, OhioCreteYork HSWWIIAir ForceAerial Gunner training- Golfport Missippi, Douglas factory- C47 planeDday, Hungary (Budapest)Staff SergeantOct 11, 2017
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Brown, Tom Written InterviewVietnamArmyVietnam in 1967MNorth side of Chicago West Chicago St.Patrick in Chicago VietnamArmyFt.Campbell Kentucky 11Bravo,Combant Infantry and Mortar CrewFt.Knox Kentucky Sergeant E5Purple Heart,Army Accommodation with Valor,comnbat infantry badge NoPresident of Cross Town Distributors8/18/21
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Bruzek, BobSept 18, 2019
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Burns, MarionPodcastWWIINavyUSS Franklinaircraft carrier. kamikaze, PTSD, Heroism, Truman, Press and communication, FamilyMDecateur ILWWIINavyGreat Lakes Naval, Norfolk VAflight deck crew aircraft carrierPacific Theater, Japan, Philippines, Panama CanalSeamanAug 10, 2017
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Campbell, Rickwritten

video		VietnamNavy

Operation Idaho Canyon, USS YosemiteArmy ROTC, USO, Combat Medic, medevac, reason to come home, pride, finish the job, PTSD, teamwork, care for others, protests, frustration, power of thanks, respect, Mail CallMChicago - Bridgeport areaJolietKelly HS
Army ROTC		VietnamNavy

Great Lakes Naval Base IL , Camp Pendleton CANavy Hospital Corpsman

Fleet Marine Force School		Vietnam - Da Nang Valley

Okinawa		HM1Silver Star, Purple Heart, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with PalmSupervisor Advocate Home CareJune 28, 2019
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Capp, CliftonVideo InterviewKoreaArmy
Twenty two years in the service, reserves
MNorthbrook ILKoreaArmyFt Bliss Texas, Fort Benjamin Harrison IndianaMedical Service Corps, Physical reconditioningUSAMajor GeneralHigh School PE Teacher Glennbrook Il areaNovember 11, 2011
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Carrillo, AndyVideo InterviewKoreaNavyUSS HornetMEast Chicago, IndianaGary INEast Chicago High SchoolKoreaNavyGreat Lakes Naval Training CenterGun handler, plane captainNavy AirmanSteel Mill, wedding photographyOctober 2, 2013
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Castellano, JamesvideoWWIIArmyOmaha Beach, D-Day Landing, Hiroshimateamwork, fox holes,jitterbug, Truman, HiroshimaMChicagoGlenviewWWIIArmyFt Fisher NCHeavy ArtilleryWales, England, France, Belgium, GermanyCorporalApril 10, 2019
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Chavez, ArthurVideo InterviewVietnamArmymilitary familyMChicagoCreteVietnamArmyHuey Crew ChiefVietnamSP-4August 10, 2016
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Copeland, MelPodcastWWIIAir ForceTuskegee Airman; , prejudiceServed in Africa, Italy Friendship -- tried to donate blood but was denied because he was African American; felt the prejudism; Was an athlete; Treated prisoners with respectMToledo OhioElgin ILWWIIAir ForceAlabama is where he became part of ground crew; was munition crewWent to officer school; too tall to be paratrooper or pilot so became crew member of Tuskegee AirmenItaly; Africa; was in charge/supervised German prisonersSergeantOhio University and earned three master degrees including clinical psychology from University Chicago, Northwestern Teaching in Elgin, AuroraSept 19, 2019
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Cordaro, BonnieVideo Interview

Written		VietnamNavyWomen's roleWomen's role, nurse, discipline, leadershipFBloomington ILBurr Ridge ILSt XavierVietnamNavyOCS Newport Rhode IslandCharge NurseSan Diego CALieutenant JGER/Trauma Charge Nurse, Hospital House DirectorAugust 7, 2019
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Covelli, Louvideo

podcast
VietnamMarineBrotherhood, fear, family,survival, combat,service, Agent OrangeMChicagoSt John INVietnamMarineSergeant E5Tank BattalionOkinawa, VietnamSergeant E-5Fire Department ChiefJune 7, 2017
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Cunningham, AmeliaVideo InterviewKoreaAir ForcepodcaWorked in Personnel Office as a Clerk FWest side of Chicago Indian Head ParkLucy Flower High School KoreaAir ForceLackland Air Force Base San Antonio, TexasTraining in personnel Rantoulle, Southern Illinois and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn New York A/1CHerzl Junior College (spelling?) Teacher for 43 years9/16/2021
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Davidson, JimVideo InterviewVietnamArmyenvironment of Vietnam, diversity, reality of war, friendshipWIA 3 timesPurple Heart, 101st Airborne, Vietnam Wall, Forest Gump, booby traps, MedivacMAurora ILAurora ILVietnamArmyFt Polk Louisianacombat infantryVietnamSgt E5Purple HeartJuly 10, 2019
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Dewitt, JamesVideo InterviewWWIINavyPearl Harbor orphanageorphan, love story, independence, self sufficiencyMHighland INWWIINavyPearl Harbor on the Antares - discusses what would have happened had they not alerted the Ward about the submarine they sawChief YoemanJune 5, 2019
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Djancewicz, SonnyJuly 10,2019
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Dora, LenVideo InterviewWWIIArmyWWII/ Pacific TheaterMHighland INWWIIArmyartilleryNew GuineaJune 5, 2019
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Edwards, ConstancePodcastVietnamArmysegregation, racism, severe injuries, nursing, women in Vietnamsegregation, Bombingham, assassination of MLK, Chicago March of 1986, women in VietnamFBirmingham AlabamaFrankfort ILVietnamArmyFt Bliss El Paso TexasNursingVietnamColonelDoctorateProfessor - Governers State University, Nursing Program DirectorSept. 9, 2009
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Edwards, WeymanvideoWWIIArmySegragation Monte Cassino Fort Lucky Strikesegregation, Glen MIller, torpedoed ship, fox holes, strafing, danger, flashbacksMTulsa OKChicagoBooker T WashingtonWWIIArmyFt Belvoir VirginiaMorocco, Italy, Naples,Monte Cassino, Rome, Nice France, St Die River, Pforzheim Germany, Camp Lucky StrikeTech 5th GradeNovember 11, 2011
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Ferba , WillieVideo InterviewWWIIArmyDrafted while in high school; segregated with all black troops; didn't graduate high school so couldn't be a pilot; inspired young children when returned from warWWIIMChicagoChicagoPhillips High School in Chicago School same time as Nat King Cole was there WWIIArmyFort Sheridan; Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, Texas; Tampa, Florida to train in communicationsCommunications, truck division hauling food and ammunition Japan near TokyoT5 Went back to school after returning from service; faced with prejudice racism in school when returned.Was instrumental in moving gangs off his block in his neighborhood when he returned home.October 22, 2008
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Fleck, JerryVideo InterviewVietnamArmyfear, survival, perspective, wounded in action, local vietnamese, reality of combatSullivan Brothers RuleMRiverdale ILGeneva, ILThornton High School Harvey ILVietnamArmyCombat InfantryVietnam, Delta regionSpecialist 4Equipment MGR Chicago Steel HockeyAugust 18,2021
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Ginay, Cleliawritten

video		WWIINavyNurse Women's roleNursing, woman's place in the early 20th century, hardship, love, POW Camps in US, Hitler, MussoliniFJersey City, NJSchererville INGraduated in 1940, High School Name not givenWWIINavyPortsmouth VirginiaNursingNurse at St. Albans Naval Hospital in Queens New York; Ft Eustis, VirginiaFirst LieutenantNursing training at Christ Episcopalian HospitalPrivate duty and ICU nurse at St. Catherine's Hospital and Hammond Clinic as Emergency Room NurseN/A
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Glielmi, Donna

Video Interview

Written		VietnamNavywomen's role, Vietnamese boat peoplepride, weather, monkeys, embracing differences, women's role, patienceFChicagoNorthlake ILVietnamNavyOrlando FloridaData Systems TechUS and PhillipinesE6Data Systems TechN/A
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Goodman, AlvinPodcastWWIIArmy Air Corpsfaith, fate, injuryPurple Heart, Tuskegee Airmen, Ploesti Oil FieldsMGrayslake ILWWIIArmy Air CorpsTexas, University of Tennesseeflight training, B-24 Bomber co pilotItaly YugoslaviaFirst LieutenantPurple Heart, Air MedalpilotSept 16, 2021
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Grauer, DavidPodcast

Written		WWIINavy
Enlisted,Deacon St.Paul’s Church
MChicagoPark Ridge WWIINavyGreat LakesTrained on 40 MM CannonOn DD 538potter outside California Ensign Northwestern Dentist Sept 14, 2010
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Guilfoyle, BobPodcastKoreaMarinecommunism, fear, patriotism, truman, frostbiteMChicagoChicagoKoreaMarineCamp Pendleton CAInfantry, Radio OperatorKoreaCorporalOctober 2, 2013
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Gurley, BobbyvideoVietnamArmyFriendship, patriotism, negative homecoming, land mines, danger, search and destroyMChicagoMundeleinVietnamArmyInfantryVietnam E3Candy MakerJune 5, 2019
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Hartley, CharlesVideo InterviewWWIIArmyTokyo OkinawaTokyo & Okinawa, Japan nightly Fox Holes, laying down air strips MElmhurst, ILWillowbrookWWIIArmyFt Leonard Wood, Missouri Combat Engineering Okinawa, Tokyo & all in betweenInternational Harvester Sept 12, 2012
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Healey, BobPodcastKoreaMarine CorpsChosin River Peoples Volunteer Army; weather; 1903 Springfield bolt action rifle; Fox Company; Tootsie Rolls; Ted WilliamsMChicago KoreaMarine CorpsChosin Reservoir campaignCorporalUnion Oil which became UnicalN/A
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Helrigel, EdPodcastMay 11, 2011
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Hill, PaulvideoWWIIArmy Air CorpsB24, B29, prop planes, turret armaments, end of the warMChicagoGlenviewWWIIArmy Air Corpsarmamaent technicianUSACorporalJune 5, 2019
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Hirata, Kenwritten
Podcast
video		KoreaArmyWWII Japanese Internment Camp, immigrant immigrant, draft, front line Korea, citizenshipMCleveland OH/ Stockton CALowell INKoreaArmyEngineering MaintenanceKoreaSgtNA
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Horvath, ScottvideoVietnamNavyevacuation of saigonamphibious transport, Saigon refugeesMChicagoDes PlainesVietnamNavySouth Pacific, VietnamE-3 Bosun's MateJune 6, 2018
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Howard HillVideo InterviewWWIINavyatomic bomb Nagasaki, HiroshimaMMaywoodLombardProviso High School 1944WWIINavyGreat Lakes Diesel Mechanics School, Hunter's Point, became electrician on shipPearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Philippines, JapanElectricians Mate 2CVictory Medal, Asia Pacific medal, Philippines, American TheaterMarketing Commonwealth EdisonNA
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Idstein, DickPodcastWWIIArmydrafted at 18, extreme cold, trenchfootBattle of the Bulge, Purple Heart, Prisoners of War, German surrender, atomic bombMBuffalo Grove ILWWIIArmyFort Meade MarylandInfantryEngland, Belgium, France, Germany PFCPurple HeartTeaching degreeelementary teacherOctober 6, 2021
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Johnson, HaroldFollow in the FootstepsWWIIArmy82nd Airborne, 376th Field Artilleryconcentration camp, foxhole, howitzer, parachute, MHobart INWWIIArmyFort Bragg NCParatrooperAnzio Italy, Casablanca, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany3 Purple HeartsOctober 6, 2021
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Klauke, GladysvideoWWIINavy Nursenursing, field hospitals, 100 years oldFGlenviewWWIINavy NurseCA-San Francisco, El Toro, CoronaLieutenant JGOctober 6, 2021
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Klein, DonvideoKoreaArmybrothers. Truman Trooper, front line, fearMChicagoGlenviewSchurz HSKoreaArmyPresidio San FranciscoCook, BakerKoreaCorporalOctober 6, 2021
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Krupiczowicz, Eddiewritten

video		VietnamArmyGerman Concentration Camp, immigrant, 1968 Democratic Convention Concentration Camp, English as a second language, Immigrant; Family Issues; hardship, Citizenship, Korean Peace Treaty, American sympathizer, door gunner, reality of warMGermany/ ChicagoVilla ParkHoly Trinity HSVietnamArmyFt Knox Kentucky/ Ft Rucker Alabama/Ft Belvoir VA/ Ft Dix NJCombat Engineer, radio operator, helicopter machine gunner, tunnel ratKorea/ VietnamSGTSecurity, Custodial school district April 13, 2022
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Lamy, Jospehwritten

video		VietnamArmy
11th Army Armored Cavalry Regiment - "Blackhorse"		Combat Medic Combat Medic, caring for others, bivouac, jungle environment, vietnamese villagers, letters from home, illiteracy, bullies, GI Bill, public serviceMChicago - southside (South Works, near US Steel plant)Palos HeightsBowen HSVietnamArmy
11th Army Armored Cavalry Regiment - "Blackhorse"		Fort Hood Texas,
Camp Pickett VA		AIT - Fort Meade, Maryland
MOS - Combat Medic		Vietnam - Cam Ranh Bay
Xuan Loc

Recovery in Phillipines &
Yokohama, Japan
Walter Reed Army Medical Center		E5Purple Heart (2), Vietnam Service Medal, Republic Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Combat Medical BadgeGI Bill, Masters degreeCPS teacher, special needsOctober 6, 2022
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Lapo, JonPodcastVietnamArmypride, rough childhood, learning, giving back, power of thanksBlack market, tunnel rat, PTSD, 1986 March, The HerdMWest Side Chicago Harwood Heights, ILAustin HIgh SchoolVietnamArmyDemolitionGermany, VietnamPFCPurple HeartGiving BackSept 18, 2019
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Lederer, BillvideoKoreaArmyTeacher, Author, Poet; Dyslexia; Statesville Prison; Gangs; LiteracyMChicagoGlenviewKoreaArmy teacherGermanyPrivateUniv Southern CA; MarquettePsychoanalyst; Writer; TeacherMay 11, 2022
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LevinsonSept 18, 2019
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Louck, RichiePodcastVietnamArmyFriendship, Baseball, Do What you Need to Do, Very Lucky to Come Back, Wants Family to Know What he Did Over ThereVietnam, Cambodia, Phuoc Vinh, Ho Chi Minh Trail, First Calvary, BravoMRock IslandVietnamArmyFort Leonard Wood - MissouriAIT for medic training at Fort Sam Houston - San AntonioVietnam, CambodiaMedicSilver Star, Bronze Star, 3 Purple HeartsFinished college through the GI billSept 10, 2014
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Manuel, TedvideoKoreaAir ForceSegregation prejudiceSegregation, Truman, Hiroshima, military prejudice and desegregationMMinn/ San Diego CAChicagoKoreaAir ForceLackland AF Base, San Antonio TexasSpecial testing DetachmentUS, JapanAirman FCRoosevelt College, University of IllinoisMarketingSept 18, 2019
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Maravilla, FredvideoWWIIArmy Air CorpsImmigrant, luftwaffe, Anzio Italy Immigrant; english as second language, citizenship, proud American, passage of 8 hour work day, Winston Churchill, airmen bombing Germany, 102 years oldMMexicoHobart INWashington HS, INWWIIArmy Air CorpsFall 1942 Basic Training Teletype Operator; InterpreterAnzio Italy, GermanyCorporalDistinguished Unit CitationsIndiana University Ext.; University of ChicagoTeaching English to immigrants. Created curriculum for non-English speaking to teach basic English teaching using paperback books using pictures to teach EnglishSept 18, 2019
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Milton, JohnVideo InterviewWWIINavyimportance of letters, words, familyPearl Harbor at end of war, cataloguing returning soldiers and suppliesMNorthbrook ILRock Island High SchoolWWIINavyWilliamsburg VAAviation StorekeeperPearl Harbor HawaiiPetty Officer Third ClassHospital AdministrationOct 11, 2017
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Misevich, Bobwritten


video		VietnamArmyTet Offensive, combat medicbattlefield medic, heroism, patriotism, freedom, brotherhood, pride, serving your country, reality of war, hope, Vietnam Wall, Colin Powell, gratitudeMChicago - Back of the YardsNapervilleVietnamArmyFort Knox Kentucky - Basic Training,
AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
MOS (Military Occupational Specialist) - combat medic		Vietnam
Tet Offensive (early 1968)

Discharged from Fort Bennning, GA		Spec 53 Bronze StarsBuyer SearsSeptember 2019
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Nelson, Garywritten

video		VietnamCoast GuardCoast Guard, Antarctica, scientists, icebreaker,icebergsMWashington Island WisconsinDes PlainesVietnamCoast GuardCape Maine, NJGunners mate, IcebreakerUSA, AntarcticaGunners Mate 2nd ClassSystem Tech ATTSept 18, 2019

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Nichols, Charlesvideo

Podcast		VietnamMarineDanangUnfavorable reception; comaraderie; PTSD, mail call, fear, prejudice, power of thanks; Friendly fire, racismMChicagoMattesonVietnamMarineInfantry RiflemanVietnam, Danang, Quang Tri, Dak To, DMZE6Special Police Rush MedicalMay 11, 2016
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Nussbaum, MikeVideo InterviewWWIIArmyVE Day Jewish experiemceVE Day, landing at NormandyMChicagoChicagoVon SteubenWWIIArmyTech SergeantExterminator, nationally recognized actorJune 7, 2017
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Osika, MikePodcastVietnamNavy USS Enterprise and SS Roosevelt , friendshipMChicago Downers GroveChicago Vocational HSVietnamNavyGreat LakesAviation Ordnance Loading bombs on fighter jetsVietnam, Korea, Greece E4 Hausner Hard Chrome SalesmanApril 12, 2017
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Perez, JoeVideo InterviewVietnamMarine CorpsPurple HeartsOperation Oklahoma Hills, Operation Pipestone CanyonMGary INMonticello INVietnamMarine CorpsReconVietnamCorporal3 Purple HeartsIvy TechCrane OperatorMay 9, 2018
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Roberson, Henry "Hank" PodcastWWIIArmyNormandy, France (D-Day +7). Red Ball Express racismracism, discrimination, patriotism, the African-American experienceMLouisville, MississippiChicagoWWIIArmyLabor ForemanNormandy seven days after D-Day. FranceCorporalJune 2019
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Bruzek, Robert "Bob" podcast ,videoVietnamNavyKeeping generators going in Phu Bai at Marine Air Corps Headquarters MBerwynMount Prospect J. Sterling Morton High School in Cicero, ILVietnamNavyQuonset Point Naval Base in Rhode Island Da Nang; Phu Bai;E5Electrician Apprenticeship Electrician
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Rodriguez, Luiswritten

video

Podcast		VietnamArmyTet Offensive, A Shau Valley, 101st Airborne Nomadsemotions, reality of war, pride, search and destroy, DAV (Disabled American Veterans) PTSD unfavorable receptionMPuerto Rico/East Chicago IndianaSchererville INVietnamArmyLight weapon Infantry SpecialistVietnamStaff Sgt E6Inland SteelSeptember 7, 2016
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Rosenberg, ElliottvideoWWIIArmy Air CorpsPloesti oil fieldsAviation, bombing missions, quarantine, teamworkMKansas City MOGlenviewWWIIArmy Air CorpsFort Polk, Fort BraggPilot, bombing missionsItaly1st LtAir Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying CrossAugust 31, 2011
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Shoop, BillPodcastWWIIArmyIndividual responsibility, truth, compassion, Ardennes weather, buzz bombs, coded teletype messages Nuremburg Military Tribunal, Geneva Convention, Hitler, Robert Jackson, War Crimes, HolocaustMSpencer South DakotaIowa City, IowaWWIIArmySt Benning GeorgiaSignal Battalion, Teletype OperatorFrance, Belgium, GermanyMinisterApril 4, 2012
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Simmons, Richard "Dee" Video Interview PodcastVietnamArmyhealing, burn pits, volunteerismAgent Orange, March of 1086, Quin Yon, PTSD, Sullivan BrothersMChicagoGeneva ILSt Francis in Wheaton, Willowbrook High SchoolVietnamArmyFt Carson Colorado, Ft Leonard Wood MissouriChemical Biological WarfareVietnam Quin Yon Central HIghlandsSpec 5November 2009
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Sperry, JerryPodcastJuly 14, 2010
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Stodddard, RayVideo InterviewWWIIArmyHonorable Discharge from both Navy and Army; Enlisted in Navy but didn't pass eye exam so discharged and went to Army; 75th Division known as "diaper" division since age of members so young then became known as the Bulge Busters after that battleEuropean Theater, Infantry Squad Leader F Company, 291st Regiment, 75th DivisionMMinneapolis Northrook IL WWIIArmyFort Snelling and Sheppard Field Wichita Falls, Texas and then Fort Bliss, Texas and Camp Breckenridge in Morganfield, Kentucky and Camp Shanks in New Jersey Infantry training France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany Corporal University of Minnesota for two quarters before called up to serve; continued education after returning from service/war at University of Minnesotan/aOctober 27, 2021
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Thomas, Dr. Paul Video InterviewWWII, VietnamArmy Air Corp and Field Hospital Army DoctorServed in WWII, GI Bill for Medical School. Field Hospital in Vietnam, price of freedom, patriotismPrice of freedom, patriotismMWWII, VietnamArmy Air Corp and Field Hospital Army DoctorMiamiBomb Site, Bombadier, B17, B29 crews, medical trainingVietnam, Valley Forge Army Hospital, statesidePenn State, George Washington University Medical Schooltaught at the University of Illinois College of MedicineNA
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Tiner, PatVideo InterviewVietnamAir ForceWomen's rolegender stereotypes, women's role, homesickness, follow your dreamFNW ChicagoChicagoVietnamAir ForceAir Traffic Control and warning interceptLuke AF Base, Arizona and PhillipinesStaff SergeantFAA Air Traffic ControlNA
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Ullinskey, JohnPodcastWWIINavyD-Day (Omaha Beach, Normandy) Southern France Invasion, Okinawa Invasion, USS Arikaracensored mail, code, higgins boat, storming the beach, disabled ships, visiting the Pope, kamikazes, VJ Day MDefiance OhioWestchester WWIINavyGreat lakes Naval Stationdiesel mechanicEngland, France, Libia, Italy, JapanMOMM 2/CrailroadJune 15, 2022
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Vandiver, JayVideo InterviewWWIIArmy DDay Dachau Concentration campDDay, Dachau concentration camp fear, beaches, danger, honorMGainesville GAWheaton ILWWIIArmyDDay, Dachau concentration campStaff SergeantDeisel MechanicOctober 27, 2021
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Wagner, BillVideo InterviewWWIINavyPearl Harbor orphanagePearl Harbor & Tokyo JapanMChicago 52nd / HalstedDowners GroveTillman TechWWIINavyFire fighting training at Pearl Harbor then on board training as Crew CookPearl Harbor & Tokyo Japan3rd ClassJunior Business College salesman Gilts MFGJune 15, 2022
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Wagner, RayPodcastWWIIArmyLiberated Dachau Concentration Camp; D-Day Omaha Beach; Battle of the Bulge Drafted; Continuous Combat for Many Weeks; Grunt; Wounded -- Knee Injury; Never MarriedMChicagoWWIIArmyFt Meade Maryland; Queen Elizabeth to ScotlandWWII; Omaha Beach; field unit traveled to Belgium, Holland, France and Germany Purple Heart Veteran; Bronze StarDrove oil truck in winter in Chicago and didn't work in summers but lived in Wisconsin in a trailer purchased with a friendNA
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Warren, JerryPodcast
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Weiner, Rubin "Bob" videoKoreaArmy AirCorpsblind landings, reconnaisance planes, radar; honor flight experienceMPhiladelphiaGlenviewKoreaArmy AirCorpsGround control radar operatorAlaskaCorporal
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Weinstein, JimVideo Interview PodcastVietnamMarine Corpstunnel rat, 3 tours, family dynamics, mistaken KIAPTSD, Tet Offensive, Khe SanhMEvanston ILNorthbrook ILEvanston Township High SchoolVietnamMarine CorpsCombat EngineerVietnamLance CorporalEducation, Principal
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Weir, HaroldPodcastWWIIArmyPOW, purple heartPOW Stalag 17, about 400 mile/20 day march away from RussiansMHinsdaleWWIIArmyEuropeStaff SargentPurple Heart
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Wilcox, Bob told with his daughter Jeanny ShotasPodcastWWIIArmyD-Day, Omaha BeachOmaha Beach; June 6, 1944; D-Day; La Haye-du-Puits; "Bloody Hill"; Gardner General Hospital; Harry Carey's glasses; Honorary Bob Wilcox WayMChicagoOak LawnWWIIArmyEuropean TheatrePfcOptician
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Wilson, ClydePodcastVietnamArmyTan son nhut MNeola West VirginiaPark ForestVietnamArmysecurity trainingproviding security along highway 1 between siagon and da nang second lieutenantsilver star
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Wolf, EmeryVideo InterviewWWIIArmyNuremburg Trials MDowners GroveWoodridge ILDowners GroveWWIIArmyCombat Training, Engineering & Quarter MasterGermany & FrancePrivate 1st ClassIllinois Bell for 35 years
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Zamzow, BillvideoWWIIArmyHiroshima; YokohamaFather & son; USO;MGlenviewWWIIArmyAlabamaChemical WarfareNew Guinea, Philippines, JapanS/SGTUW Madison BS & MS Chemical EngineeringChemical Engineer; Kraft Foods in 1956
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Zilla, Tomwritten

video		VietnamArmy AviationSaigon, Danang, Kennedy assasinationgeography, history . early years of war, Vietnam (Da Nang)MChicagoLombardWeber HSVietnamArmy AviationFt Knox KentuckyFlight OperationsVietnamSpec 4Bronze Star, Air Medal., Army Commendation; Air Medal for missions flown Wright College, Art Institute, Benedictine UniversityJC Whitney; McMaster-Carr; WW Grainger working on their catalogs using graphic arts training
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