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Flight Training Will Start June 1

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Ann Arbor News, April 1, 1946

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April

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1946

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First Vet To Sign GI-Bill Training

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Ann Arbor News, April 1, 1946

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April

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1946

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Legacies Project Oral History: Thomas Overmire

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 9:21am

Thomas G. Overmire was born 1926 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was a banker and the family saw firsthand the difficulties caused by the Great Depression. He served in the army during World War II before getting his BA from Indiana University in Bloomington. Overmire’s evolving career included teaching high school biology, getting his PhD, serving as a college dean, working at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, and writing a biology textbook, The World of Biology (1986). He and his wife Joan have two sons, a daughter, and several grandchildren. He enjoys playing piano and bridge.

Thomas Overmire was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

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Legacies Project Oral History: Peggy de Vries

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 9:16am

Peggy Jenny Winick was born in 1920 to Russian immigrant parents in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her father, George Winick, worked in the metal industry. Following the Great Depression, she worked part-time to help rebuild the family’s livelihood. In 1945 she married Gerritt W. de Vries and they moved to Ann Arbor so that he could attend the University of Michigan School of Architecture & Design. Peggy worked in photo finishing and printing at Ivory Photo. The de Vries had three children, and they retired in Lake Leelanau. She passed away in 2010.

Peggy de Vries was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Walter Wilkinson Attends Flight Training Under The G.I. Bill, March 1946 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Walter Wilkinson Attends Flight Training Under The G.I. Bill, March 1946 image

Year:
1946

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 1, 1946
Caption:
FIRST VET TO SIGN GI-BILL TRAINING: Walter Wilkinson (right) 2008 Jackson Pl., is the first local ex-GI to take advantage of the flight training provided under the GI Bill of Rights. Shown giving Wilkinson pointers on propellor pitch is Instructor Everett D. Esch, manager of Ann Arbor Aero Service who will manage the local school which begins training June 1.