Up next, an oral history with u. S. Army veteran baldwin myers, recorded in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. He talked about his time in korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. Baldwin i am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled b as in boy, aldwin. In the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan
Interviewer you are not baldy. Baldwin no. But when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan Valley on the oregonidaho line. Interviewer owyhee. Baldwin owyhee. Yes. Interviewer that is the indian name. Baldwin that is indian. I dont know what it means. [laughter] probably beautiful country. Interviewer tell me about your family when you were growing up. Baldwin well, i grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of Jordan Valley, and my mother was born in east europe. She was austrian, and my father was an old cowboy who
I am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled balwin when i reported back to them and said this was frank myers they did not know why was because they only knew me as baldy. Can you spell your last name . Myers. My birthday is may 29th 1918 owyhee county, idaho. It is an orange valley. That is an indian name . It is an indian name. I do not know what it means. Tell me about your family. Where you are growing up. I grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of jordan valley. My mother was born in east europe. She was austrian. My father was an old cowboy whose ancestry goes back to the neptune in 16 22. He arrived in charleston, south carolina. His descendants served in the revolutionary war. They were original founders of tennessee, the city of newport. They came to missouri, and in 1841 migrated to california. An old man of 62 brought his 12 grandchildren out in california. What about your siblings . I have one in reno who runs a computer store. I have another that is insan
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