1923. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cant go back much further, back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. And i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. But i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Okay. And so, you are part of the chosin few association, which means you are at the chosin reservoir during the korean war, is that right . That is correct. Okay, then were you part of the marine corps . Yes, i was. Okay, that means you enlisted yourself, you werent drafte
Kor corps. My name is alan b. Clark. My age is 92. Yes. My birthday is 10 september 23. Okay. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, theyre primarily from the english continent. My mother felt it from the welsh. But my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point, but we cant go back much further. Were back to about 1760. Wow. And we have all that in a genealogy book and i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. And but i was born on the farm. My dad raised tobacco. And corn. And horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i. Two boys that were older than i and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all had deceased now. Okay. And so youre part of the chosen few association, which means you were at the reservoir during the korean war. Is that
Recorded in fall brook, california in 2015. He talks about his experiences serving two tours in korea with the u. S. Marine corps. My name is alan clark you. My age is 92. My birthday is 10 september, 1923. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother is from the welch but my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cannot go back much further. We went back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. I can show that to you before you leave here. But i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Ok. And so, you are part of the chosen few asso
Mr. Clark my name is allen d. Clark. My age is 92. My birthday is 10 september, 1923. Jini and where were you born . Mr. Clark where was i born . I was born in virginia. Jini will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come rom . Mr. Clark well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother from the welsh. My wife primarily did analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cannot go back much further. Back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. I can show that to you before you leave here. Jini sure. Mr. Clark but i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Jini ok. And so, you are part of the hosen few association, which means you are at the chosen reservoir during the korean war. Is that
And the spotsville military park, he is now working as an interpreter in military programs at the colonialsburg foundation. He lives in williamsburg with his wife johanna, and please welcome we join me in welcoming ryan quint. Well, thank you. How is everyone doing . Yeah. Everybody excited to be here . Yeah. Good. It would not be a great answer if you said no, because we are five minutes into the program. Awesome to see you and great to see some not so familiar faces. I was so excited when the program was announced with the forgotten battles of the civil war. And so my book was in 2017 and then the question was whats next . At the time i worked at the s s slosingberg park. And so when you look into some of the battles the smaller they are, the easier they are to be forgott forgotten, and i then found dranesville that i have been working on and hope the make a book out of it. So, polling the audience. Has anyone heard of the battle of dranesville . Okay. Second question, do you know wh