Six 26 . Well so hole old are you . 91 . 91. You look too young to be. 90 whats the secret . A good wife. I have a Good Relationship with their. That helped tremendously. Well. How long have you been married to her . 66 years on june the 15th. Endangered species. Married for 66 years. Where were you born . State of washington in 1926 and tell me about your family when you are going out well my dad worked for the railroad. I grew up in North Carolina so ive been into states mostly. Fondly. Its been torn down. Where . State of washington. When did you graduate . 1945. So since you were born in 1926, he went through this Great Depression. You were 46 when the Great Depression occurred. My father was working in the railroad, we lived on a farm in North Carolina. 88 acres. 90 acres of farmland. Must be heard sorry i didnt hear you. Must be heard. Yes. Theater got a tractor. That was the life. So. Im the middle kid of two brothers. One older, one younger, we all served in the military. So di
War. He has a recount citing Chinese Forces at the battle of joseph reservoir, where he was shot in the leg and shoulder. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and ministry affairs. And where were you born . It i was born in ohio, february 20, eight 1933. I parents of immigrants where did they immigrate . From italy. Any siblings . 80 11. 11 siblings . Are you oldest . Youngest . Youngest. Wow. So im looking here and it says that you are enlisted what made you decide to enlist. My mother died when i was, for my father died what i was seven. So i was raised by my brothers and sisters they would take turns. So by the time i was 15 i wasnt too happy about it, and all my brothers, all of my brothers served in the military, all five of my brothers were in the war as well. So i always would have liked to join as well. So i falsified might baptismal certificate and i went to work trying to enlist first in the marine corps. They knew i was under age and th
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
Birthday and birthplace . My birthday is may 28, 1933, and that was in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. How was it . My daughter was here, my grandchildren were here. It was my first time playing golf in over three years because of the injury to my leg, the cancer in the leg so it was a very, very wonderful birthday to spend with them. Again, happy birthday. Thank you. Please tell me about your family background, the school you went through. It must be in new york city, right . In new york city, yes. I went to a school now called the Fashion Institute of technology what do you mean . You were in fashion . I tried but i never worked at it at all. I cant sew a button on now, but yes. And then i went into the marine corp when i was 19 years old. The war in korea was going on and it was a calling. I had always wanted to be in the military. I had cousins and uncles and a godfather that served in the military during world war i and world war ii. And so korea was my opportunity to
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