I was born and raised in the country. At the time of growing up, my father was in the dairy business. We were farm people and we lived in a farm community. We had 11 kids born to our family. Some of them back in the teens and when the flu hit in 1918, the epidemic came along, we lost most of them. But five of us survived. I wasnt born yet. I wasnt born until 1923. Of course the flu epidemic ended in 1919. We had no military influence in our community at all. There was no bases. People who went in the army back at that time and we didnt know there was any other branch of the service. Because we thought everybody went into the army. The army was the army and included everybody. The army or military service was not too well thought of in those days. You went in the army because you were in trouble with the law or you were too lazy to work. Thats the only reason you went into the military. We had a couple of fellows in our community who apparently didnt like to farm. They didnt like hoeing
Hershel i was born and raised in the country. At the time of growing up, myhed father was in the dairy business. We were farm people, and we lived in a farm community. There were 11 kids born to our family. Some of them back in the teens, and when the flu hit in 1918, the epidemic came along, we lost most of them. But five of us survived. I wasnt born yet. I wasnt born until 1923. Of course, the flu epidemic ended in 1919. But we had no military influence in our community at all. There was no bases. People who went in the army back at that time, and we didnt know there was any other branch of the service, because we thought everybody went into the army. The army was the army and included everybody. The army or military service was not too well thought of in those days. You went in the army because you were in trouble with the law or you were too lazy to work. Thats the only reason you went into the military. We had a couple of fellows in our community who apparently didnt like to farm.
Up up, my father was in dairy business. We were farm people and we lived in a farm community. We had 11 kids born to our family. Some of them back in the teens and when the flu hit in 1918, the epidemic came along, we lost most of them. But five of us survived. I wasnt born yet. I wasnt born until 1923. Of course the flu epidemic ended in 1919. We had no military influence in our community at all. There was no bases. People who went in the army back at that time and we didnt know there was any other branch of the service. Because we thought everybody went into the army. The army was the army and included everybody. The army or military service was not too well thought of in those days. You went in the army because you were in trouble with the law or you were too lazy to work. Thats the only reason you went into the military. We had a couple of fellows in our community whoa apparently didnt like to farm. They didnt like hoeing corn and putting up hay and whatever. Those two fellows thou
this interview was conducted in 2006. i was born and raised in the country. ie time of growing up was growing up, my father was in the dairy business, so we were farm people and we lived in a .arm community . there were 11 kids born to our family. some of them back in the teens, when the flu hit, 1918 flu we lost came along, most of them. about five of us survived. i wasn t born yet. i wasn t born until 1923. the flu epidemic ended in 1919. militaryd no influence in our community at all. there were no bases. people went into the army at that time and we didn t know there was any other branch of because we thought everybody went in the army. the army was the army, and it included everybody. the army, or military service, was not too well thought out in those days. you went into the army because you were in trouble with the law, or to work. that was the only reason you went into the military. we had a couple of fellows in our community who apparently didn t like to farm, di
at the time i was growing up, my father was in the dairy business, so we were farm people and we lived in a farm community. there were 11 kids born to our family. some of them back in the teens, when the flu hit, 1918 flu epidemic came along, we lost most of them. about five of us survived. i wasn t born yet. i wasn t born until 1923. the flu epidemic ended in 1919. but we had no military influence in our community at all. there were no bases. people went into the army at that time and we didn t know there was any other branch of service, because we thought everybody went in the army. the army was the army, and it included everybody. the army, or military service, was not too well thought out in those days. you went into the army because you were in trouble with the law, or to work. that was the only reason you went into the military. we had a couple of fellows in our community who apparently didn t like to farm, didn t like hoeing corn and putting up a and p hay and whatever