Lakeshore Veterans Archive

Please note, we have recently transferred our website. We are actively adding the older archived videos and files. Check back frequently for more content! In the meantime, scroll below to see our current Veteran History Project files!

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Army:

Sgt. Sam Booker Jr.

Muskegon, MI | End of Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Captain Dennis Cobler

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive |Passed in 2025 - View Obituary
Sgt. Jerry Conrad

Muskegon, MI | Korean War | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Sgt. Darrell Hansen

Oceana, MI | Gulf War & Iraq | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Sgt. Ronald Friday

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Staff Sgt. Scott Karaptain

Oceana, MI | Iraq | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Sgt. Barry Kroll

Ravenna, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Private Thomas Montambo

Muskegon, MI | Peace Time 1946 | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Walter Mrotz III

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive
Captain Bill Naymick

Muskegon, MI | Peace Time | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview | Passed in 2026 - View Obituary
Captain Robert Scolnik

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam & Korea | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Specialist 5, Dave Vanoordt

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Passed in 2026 - View Obituary
Captain Marvin Wassink

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview

Marine Corps:

Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Alviar Jr.

Muskegon MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview | Passed in 2025 - View Obituary
Sgt. Bill Cook

Rothbury, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Sgt. David Cook

Muskegon, MI | Iraqi Freedom | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
PFC Thomas Hardy

Muskegon, MI | Peace Time | Click Here to View Full Archive

Navy:

Seaman Lonnie Keech

Holton, MI | Peace Time | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Petty Officer Third Class Ellen Sease

Holton, MI | Cold War | Click Here to View Full Archive
Chief Petty Officer Rhett Sease

Holton, MI | Cold War, Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Petty Officer Second Class Timothy Vanraalte

West Olive, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview

Air Force:

Sgt. Lawrence "Larry" Friday

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive
Sgt. Autumn Hartpence

Sparta, MI | Iraq & Afghanistan | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click Here to Watch Video Interview
Staff Sgt. Patrick King

Montague, MI | Iraq | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click Here to Watch Video Interview
Sgt. Theresa Irving

Rothbury, MI | Iraq, 2nd Airborne | Click Here to View Full Archive
Sgt. Violet Johnson

Muskegon Heights, MI | Vietnam War | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Lt. Col. Roger Knopf

Muskegon, MI | Vietnam | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview
Sgt. Will Wilson

Muskegon, MI | Iraq | Click Here to View Full Archive | Click to Watch Interview

Coast Guard:

None Recorded Yet!