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1. What was it like for you and your high school classmates as you were getting news about the war?

2. Why were you boys so anxious to join the armed services?

3. As your teacher was explaining what Hitler was doing, did he ever indicate that all this would directly affect you?

4. What was daily life like in Monroe County, Kentucky, during WWII?

5. Talk about listening to the radio and learning more about what was going on in Europe.

6. Discuss the entry of your two brothers and yourself into the service. Did you get to write home very much after you left for the war?

7. Tell us more about how your mother was affected by the three of you boys leaving home to fight the war.

8. Describe briefly your itinerary from leaving Monroe County to your arrival in Europe.

9. Talk about boot camp.

10. Did you get into any trouble with your drill instructor?

11. You were a squad leader in boot camp. Did you continue at that after training?

12. Anything else to tell us about the difficulties of training? What did you like and dislike about it?

13. Did you have any Army buddies you were especially close to?

14. So what was the time span from when you left home till when you headed overseas?

15. What was going on before you got on the boat in Massachusetts? Did you have money to spend while waiting anxiously to head to Europe?

16. Describe the voyage overseas.

17. Was your ship in danger as it approached the British coast?

18. Tell us more of what it was like to be stationed at the British base.

19. Explain more how all this bombing affected the British people.

20. Compare and contrast the American soldiers with the British.

21. Was the topography, landscape, climate in England similar to that in the U.S.?

22. What news were you getting about how the war was going across the channel and what you were soon going to face?

23. G.I.s would often go to the movies to beat the boredom, right?

24. Describe what you later experienced as you got closer to crossing the channel to engage the enemy.

25. Tell us more about what was going on after the initial D-day invasion while you were still waiting in southern England. Then what was it like after you embarked to cross the channel into combat?

26. As you were crossing the channel, what did they specifically say you were going to do on Omaha Beach?

27. Describe the scene you were encountering at Omaha Beach as you landed.

28. Tell us what happened as you began to advance away from the beachhead.

29. Your company had to advance past a German machine gun nest?

30. So all this led to an encounter with some friendly French civilians?

31. The French people, it seems, gave you quite a friendly reception.

32. So what were you experiencing as day to day fighting became "routine" for you?

33. After 30 days of intense battle, we come to the climax of your war experience. Tell us how you were wounded in service.

34. How long did it take for medics to get to the two of you, and talk about how they took care of you.

35. So the injury was your ticket home. What happened next and what entered your mind about finally heading home?

36. Let’s backtrack. Are there any other details about the battlefield that you think listeners would be interested in?

37. Do you recall if you had to directly take the life of a German enemy with your rifle?

38. What happened to your buddies that you fought alongside?

39. Sounds like when you were fighting the Germans were really on the run.

40. Let’s go back to when you were a wounded soldier flying on the plane home. Describe that and what happened after you made it back to the states.

41. How did it feel to finally be back home in Monroe County, and when did you meet your wife?

42, Describe seeing your mother and brothers again and what you did to get on with life after the war.

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