Edwin John Graf Interviews

During World War II, Graf and 7,500 soldiers were sent to the Asiatic Pacific Theater on the USS Monterey. Graf recalls the luxury liner turned troop ship with its…”stateroom for 2 people now held 12-16 people…when I looked out, there were ships as far as I could see…I realized the tremendous thing that was happening.” [00:16:10]

#1: Edwin J. Graf, age 97, at his home in Bella Vista, Arkansas, 2019
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#2: Drawing of Graf family home from 1858-1972, Tomah, Wisconsin
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#3: Edwin Graf, age 1, 1929
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Graf family photo: (standing, l-r) Jane, John, Edwin, and Jeanette; (seated) Evalyn and John Sr.; Tomah, Wisconsin, 1938 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas

#4: Graf family photo: (standing, l-r) Jane, John, Edwin, and Jeanette; (seated) Evalyn and John Sr.; Tomah, Wisconsin, 1938
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#5: Edwin Graf's father, John Graf, at farm in Tomah, Wisconsin, ca. 1940s
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'I like you" presented to Edwin Graf at a national convention in Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1975-1980 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas

#6: 'I like you" presented to Edwin Graf at a national convention in Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1975-1980
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#7: Edwin Graf with his wife, Garnet Graf, Bella Vista, Arkansas, 1989
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Four generations of Grafs with each generation 30 years apart: Edwin Graf at age 93, with his son (age 63), grandson (age 33), and great-grandson (age 3) © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas

#8: Four generations of Grafs with each generation 30 years apart: Edwin Graf at age 93, with his son (age 63), grandson (age 33), and great-grandson (age 3)
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