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GVSU Veterans History Project
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Добавлен 24 янв 2019
The GVSU Veterans History Project was established in 2006 to collect, record and archive oral history interviews and other materials relating to the experiences of military veterans of all eras, as well as of civilians and foreign nationals with stories relating to the American experience in wartime. We work in partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and are one of a small number of archiving partners across the country. As an archiving partner, we post our interview videos and other materials on a website that is part of the Special Collections of the GVSU Library. To access the GVSU Veterans History Project official website, please follow this link www.gvsu.edu/vethistory/
Veterans, families, and friends: To sign up to be interviewed, to recommend a friend or relative to be interviewed, or to find out more about the interview process, please contact Dr. James Smither at Grand Valley State University: (616) 331-3422 or smitherj@gvsu.edu
Veterans, families, and friends: To sign up to be interviewed, to recommend a friend or relative to be interviewed, or to find out more about the interview process, please contact Dr. James Smither at Grand Valley State University: (616) 331-3422 or smitherj@gvsu.edu
Lloyd Mishkel
Lloyd Mishkel was born in Egg Harbor, NJ, in 1949. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1974 and served as an officer until 1994, when he retired at the rank of Commander. He served sea tours in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, including during the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981 and in the removal of Manuel Noriega from Panama in 1988-1989. He serves primarily on minesweepers (USS Constant, USS Fortify) and destroyers (USS Thorn, USS Peterson), but also did a tour on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
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Paul Mitchell
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Paul Mitchell was born in Brockton, MA, in 1947. He enlisted in the Army in October 1968, trained as a mechanic, and spent much of 1970 in Vietnam, serving in the 503rd Maintenance Battalion at Camp Hochmuth (Phu Bai) and Camp Evans, which were base camps for the 101st Airborne Division. Discharged in January 1971, he joined the Army National Guard and served with a unit based in Fort. Wayne, I...
Eldon Hunsberger
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Eldon Hunsberger was born on a farm in Plainfield, Michigan. He went to college for 2 years and then joined the Army Air Corps and trained as a pilot. He flew B-26 bombers on 65 missions over Italy from bases in Tunisia, Sardinia and Italy. When he got back to the US he was in the Army Reserve and then got called back in April of 1952 for the Korean War. Eldon flew a KB-29 and refueled planes o...
Donald Buteyn
Просмотров 3907 часов назад
Donald Buteyn served in the US Army from 1942-1945. He served as an infantryman in the 303rd Regiment, and saw action along the Dutch/Belgian frontier early in 1945 and took part in the crossing of the Rhine at Remagen. He later participated in the closing of the Saar pocket and in the capture of Cologne and Dusseldorf. Before being wounded in April, he participated in the liberation of three c...
John Pylman
Просмотров 6539 часов назад
John Pylman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1947, and drafted into the Army in 1969. He served in Vietnam, initially with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, and later with the 1st Cavalry Division, and was with them during the Cambodian incursion in 1970. He was discharged in 1971.
Fred Bernhardt Pt 2
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Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII with the 1st Marine Division as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He landed on Guam in the Marianas, and tells of finding some of the natives of one of the islands hiding in a cave, not knowing that the Japanese were gone. Later on, he participated in the invasion of Okina...
Fred Bernhardt Pt 1
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Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII with the 1st Marine Division as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He landed on Guam in the Marianas, and tells of finding some of the natives of one of the islands hiding in a cave, not knowing that the Japanese were gone. Later on, he participated in the invasion of Okina...
Lester Alcumbrack
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Lester Alcumbrack was drafted into the army in 1942. Les became very sick during basic training, and became a truck driver. He trained as a fuel truck driver and received amphibious training. He began duty in Scotland and Wales prior to the Normandy Invasion. On D-Day and for some time afterward, he drove amphibious trucks (DUKWs) onto Omaha Beach. Later in the war, he continued to serve as a t...
Bob Holman
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Bob Holman was born in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1948. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1968, and trained in the maintenance and repair of highly specialized communications equipment. Instead of going to Vietnam like most of his contemporaries, he went to a base called New Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where he worked with a twenty-man detachment that serviced the top secret communications system t...
Daniel Brockmiller
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Daniel Brockmiller was born in Owatonna, MN, in 1949, and was drafted into the Army in 1969. He trained as an aviation mechanic and went to Vietnam in November of that year. He served on Chinook helicopters with A Company, 159th Assault Support Battalion, in the 101st Airborne Division. He flew missions to firebases across the division's area of operations, including Fire Support Base Ripcord. ...
Gary Radford
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Gary Radford was born in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1948 and enlisted in the Army in 1968. He went through noncommissioned officer training, jump school and ranger school before going to Vietnam in January 1969, and extended his tour, so he did not return home until August 1970. He served with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, primarily as a platoon sergeant, s...
John Beadle
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John Beadle was born in Turbetville, PA, in 1948. He enlisted in the Army in October, 1968. He trained in artillery, and after service at Fort Sill, OK, he was sent to Vietnam. Assigned to A Battery, 11th Field Artillery, in the 101st Airborne Division, where he spent much of 1970. His battery served on several different firebases, and was on Fire Support Base Ripcord while it was under siege i...
James Crawford
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James Crawford was born in Corpus Christi, TX, in 1947. He enlisted in the Army and trained as a combat medic. He wanted to go to Vietnam, so of course was assigned to duty stations in the US, but eventually got to Vietnam in January, 1970. He served initially with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and then transferred to the medical unit in the 2nd Bat...
William Lewis
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William Lewis was born in Meadville, PA, in 1948. He enlisted in the Army in 1967 and trained as an aviation mechanic. He went to Vietnam late in 1968 and served with C and B Companies in the 159th Aviation Battalion in the 101st Airborne Division. His unit flew Chinook transport helicopters, bringing troops and supplies to firebases. His unit participated in the Hamburger Hill campaign in 1969...
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Richard Czop was born in Passaic, NJ, in 1947. He was drafted into the Army in 1968 and sent to Vietnam in 1969. He served as a combat medic in the field with the 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment in the 9th Division in the rice paddies southeast of Saigon until he was wounded by an IED. After recovering from his injuries, he was assigned to a medcap unit. He was planning to return to the f...
I've just found this! This is my DAD!!! He passed at age 94 yrs. I miss you so much Dad 💔
This is my Great grandpa❤. Ohh how I miss him & his weekly Sunday visits with our long talks & oatmeal cream pies ! Love that his memory gets to live on, on RUclips ❤.
Welcome Home and thank you Sir
Welcome Home Sir!
Thanks for your service I did my time in 67!
Welcome home from a fellow Wichitan!
Welcome Home! God Bless You!
20yr old interview. C'mon.
Pretty glad I was never working for this guy
It’s a bit hit and miss, but fascinating none the less. Amazing that in ‘66 he felt safe walking around the village unarmed, and in ‘70, they couldn’t step out of the base. But strangely, he said that when he was with the Americal, he didn’t give a thought to the general situation or the bigger picture. And when asked about the general intensity of that period, whilst mentioning the assault at Maryanne, didn’t want to discuss the defensive/offensive posture in general and just said that the soldiers did a good job.
An hour in and no action. This “interviewer” is not good at guiding the interview. Also he acts like he served, nerdy boy
Thank you Sir for your service .🦅 Thank for sharing your amazing story . 👍👍👍👍👍
Hey guys, it's kinda cool that you give everyone pretty much all the information they need to steal his identity. Home address and exact DOB might be too much. 😀
You kind of look like Wade Phillips. Head coach of the Cowboys back in the day.
What about College of the Ozarks? That is where I went to school.
WELCOME HOME! And Thank You!
Thank you Sir welcome home. 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇲
Why were you allowed to shoot that parachute? "Denying the enemy". lol Great stories, thank you so much for your service! and thanks to GVSU guys for getting these vets to talk and recording it.
Ron Kloet was a Gem. I knew him from my time at Ops Group. I have rewritten this a dozen times and it all comes down to he was a soldier's soldier. As a very senior civilian, and at the time commandant of the Reserve intel school, he took time to mentor the most junior enlisted in the organization. When I and another E2 arrived from AIT to Ops Group they didn't know what to do with us, they tried to get us sent away over to the 902nd MI. There were no slots for anyone below E6, a few were filled by E5s, but USAOG was very rank top heavy, lots of warrant and commissioned officers. Ron advocated for the two of us to be given meaningful work, and then at least in my case pushed me to be my best. Make sure to watch parts one and two of his interviews and thank you to the GVSU Veterans History Project for putting these on RUclips.
Thank you for your service. Welcome home 🙏🇺🇲
This gentleman's quote unquote lack of memory seems to adequately cover his so-called miscalculations etc oh well
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You know
His experience checked a lot of the tour’s boxes . All corpsmen are considered “ special Marines , Semper Fi , brother “ !!😊
Thank you all🙏🇺🇲❤️
Thank you Sir. 🙏🇺🇲❤️🙏
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Amazing information. Thank you for a job well done
That’s my regret not taking pictures
This is priceless footage of a great patriot who impacted many lives, mine included! Sure miss you, Jack! ❤️
U do great interviews....it really helps to listen to a good interviewer...
I’ve tried so hard so many times but I still cant really imagine what they went through.
What a good, conscientious boy!
Welcome home, Sir. Facts: u Vietnam Era soldiers were the very best USA ever had; those VFW post guys r liars & aceholes who said they wouldn't admit u as a member; USA won in Vietnam because evil Communism was stopped & didn't spread further, so therefore the military glory and moral victory are yours.
Well told! You are a great man and sincere thanks to you!
Thank you for your service 🙏❤️🇺🇲
If he’s real, he’s lucky he wasn’t fragged.
Is this interviewer going to a firer ?? He seem like he’s pushing the 💩💩💩out of this man.
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Thank you doc Thank you all
1st cavalry 1967-68 11B/11C … He has a few good thoughts … but he’s a little slow … would I fight next to him in combat … yes I would … do I know combat … went in the A Shau Valley April 19, 1968 … with 155 good men (80-90% draftees) … 35 days later we came out with 105 Ragamuffins with 4 KIA’s … I’ve got more holes in me than that 🐓 💩 John Kerry … got choppered back to the rear twice so the medics could pour alcohol on bullet creases and pick frag out of my arms and legs … never got a 💜… I can still see 9 faces on that big black wall in Washington DC … I’ve forgotten names/nickname’s after these 50+++ years … I don’t drink anymore, but I’d like to buy this guy a few beers 🍺
Amazing story of an interesting, unique career.
A true hero
He almost sounds like he’s making up stuff as he goes!! Never answers a question directly!
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Dude is so chilled and barely a grey hair on his head ... all depends on the quality of your thoughts
Thanks everybody for the kind thoughts, I hadn't seen this before.
Joseph
Thank you for being over our firebase the night of march 26 1968 we were over run, FSB 14 was maned with 2 company's 4th inf div, and 4 105 artillery guns and a few engineers. We had lost 19 kia and 51 wia in a few hours, I was one of the 51. You said there was thousands coming up the hill. The New York Times said 1200 to 1500 NVA regulars with flame throwers came into our base that night. We were mortared before they charged up the hill so heavy that it sounded like one solid explosion. I prayed in my foxhole to live. Lt Gerlach got out of his foxhole in all that to ask for volunteers to go get ammo, Herb and I went with him, got the ammo but he died just after dropping it off and was awarded The Silver and had a Sports field named in his honor at Ft Leopardwood Mo. The Steven H Gerlach sports a stadium. Herb Appleby had only 2 weeks left on his tour but still volunteered to go get ammo with us. After the mortar went off that killed Lt , herb was standing next to him and I was next to Herb who had taken a lot of shrapnel and spent 2 years in a Texas Army Hospital recovering. He had a Teflon plate put in the back of his head where shrapnel tore off his skull bone, 3 sucking chest wounds, muscle ripped off both legs where he had to use metal crutches for the rest of his life. Holes to his face and jaw so bad I had to lift his jaw up to try and blow air into him to keep him alive . He was awarded second highest award The Distinguished Service Cross. At 77 he is still alive in Kansas City Mo. with a wife Bev and 4 kids. I had a little shrapnel that made it past Herb one in my right eye and one in my left knee, I was sent to the 106 gen hospital in Yokohama Japan then to Vallry Forge Army Hosp. When the 81mm mortar went off at Lt Gerlach feet,we were standing about 5 ft apart, It picked us up and blew us down the kill. When I woke up I couldn't hear or see out of my right eye. Herbs clothes were still on fire I don't know if it was from the mortal or the flame throwers, Lt was screaming to be killed to stop the pain but dead seconds later, Appleby was in very bad shape, his clothes were still burning. Since he was standing between me and Lt Gerlach He received most of the shrapnel. To hear more check 4th inf div after action report for March 26th 1968 or Chu Tan Kra 3/26/1968. Again thanks Joseph Brinn you were our Saviour's that night
Just telling it like it was. A great man among other great men and thank you for sharing it with us.