WWII Oral History

I've finally been asked to provide an oral history of my experiences during WWII. In the past visits Kelley came over and set up a camera for me to sit in front of, trying to remember as best I could in chronological order (but most likely not) my experiences. There are many stories in between words that are not able to be put to words, so a readers (or listeners) imagination will need to serve them well. If you hear Oliver North's war stories you know the hazards of war. Some cameramen have actually taken some pretty vivid scenes and it makes me regret that I did not have a video camera with me, although I probably would have been shot in the head using it because I would have been concentrating on getting a shot instead of not exposing myself.

So, this enabled me to get some sort of closure to repeat my history for others to hear during a time when I am not here. I fully appreciate my grand daughter's interest and time in doing this. We also have a project of 16mm film from when I came home up until video cameras became more fancy. Someday I want to set up my projector for the old film and not necessarily edit, but transfer to DVD for use in the future.

Well, this answers the question "What have you been doing lately?" I've been providing an oral account of my history.