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1 man is on a mission to capture stories of Cajun WWII vets

1 man is on a mission to capture stories of Cajun WWII vets Follow Us Question of the Day By CRYSTAL STEVENSON and The American Press - Associated Press - Saturday, April 17, 2021 LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Listening intently behind the camera, Jason Theriot has recorded more than 200 World War II veterans as part of a two-decade passion project to document their oral histories before they are all gone. He’s hoping to find even more. “I had an idea to interview my grandfather, maybe some of his friends, about their World War II experiences and write a short book about them,” Theriot said. “I had taken journalism at LSU and I had a niche for writing and had a bit of an obsession about World War II going back to when I was a little kid.”

UL Lafayette filmmaker Rabalais Finding Cajun to air on LPB Wednesday

UL Lafayette filmmaker Rabalais “Finding Cajun” to air on LPB Wednesday University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Dr. Nathan Rabalais’ film “Finding Cajun” will air on Louisiana Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10. The one-hour documentary examines Cajun identity. and last updated 2021-03-10 10:45:20-05 By UL Lafayette Office of Communications and Marketing The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Dr. Nathan Rabalais’ one-hour documentary film “Finding Cajun” will be televised by Louisiana Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10. Rabalais, who wrote and directed the documentary, interviewed academics, historians, sociologists and musicians who discuss language, culture and race in the context of a much-debated topic – Cajun identity.

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