Interview Profile Research Paper
Interview Profile Rocking back and forth and sipping on some plain black coffee while any NFL game is on my great grand father retreats. In a home close to other family in Lynden which makes it easier for my grandma to see him. A life that would feel like you're immortal because of all the things he has accomplished. Traveling everywhere to places he had to once call home, at least for a little while. The smallest possible chance to meet his soul mate that you would only see something like in a movie. An interview that gave me information that my mom and grandma never even knew about him.
The craziest childhood one could imagine, my grand father has lived it. Born in South Dakota then moved to Washington State where most, if not all his family are located. It starts out with a simple question like where did you go to school. He chuckles, "Haha …show more content…
okay you ready?" He first went to elementary school called Lincoln in Bellingham but was later to be condemned so he had to move. The next school was a ways away in northern Sweden. After that was Roder, Sunnyland and Carls cosure, which were all nearby or in Whatcom county. Then continued to stay local, going to Whatcom middle school and Bellingham highschool. Graduating with a B average, he wanted to attend college. But what college did he attend I ask?
When he was younger he was very interested in aircraft and wanted to either build or fix airplanes.
This then strived him into going into the Air force.
Because of the Air force, he has gone to quite a bit of different colleges. "Let me name the few I remember" he says. Credits he has attained come from places like University of Washington. My mother astounded never knew he attended such a school. The other few colleges were Santa Marie in California, New Jersey, East & North Carolina, Texas and Guam! Graduating with a bachelors degree in education and associates degree in technology and traffic management.
The training of being in the Air force my great grandfather took place mostly in Texas. He trained in Lackland air force base, Amarillo and Wichita Falls, all in which were in Texas. Since he was the one to decide to enroll, the training wasn't here's a gun, now go and fight. The boot camp he had to go through was 6 weeks long of mostly studying and the basics of how to protect yourself and what to wear or take with you on flights. Also how to load/unload passengers into an airplane was another trained
ability.
Thought he went to a lot of schools? It was quite similar to how many places he's been stationed at and had to once call home, for at least a couple months. Being in the Air force for a good 20 and a half years comes with some pretty terrific benefits. Besides helping and servicing our country, he literally got to see the world and by doing so, met someone very special today. He's been stationed in many places starting off within the United States such as California. Then all the way to the East coast states like North Carolina and New Jersey. Now the more exotic places are in a total new continent and miles away. Some of those places he's been stationed at would be Guam, Vietnam and New Zealand. What really caught mine and my mothers attention was he also flew to a very, if not freezing location. As a crew member he flew all the way down south to Antarctica. Crazy as that sounds, he's been stationed in Africa as well, where he found his future wife. Must be a pretty small world according to how his life is going during the time as an Air force member.
Stationed in a hot dry climate in Northern Africa on Azores Island is where my great grandfather met my great grandmother. Her dad was stationed there and she came along and her dad and my great grandfather were somewhat close and talked a little bit. My grandmother had some math homework that could use some help, so my grandfather did the kind thing and went and helped her. He was her little math tutor for the time he was stationed in Africa and that paid off, now that they're happily together right now.
Besides meeting new people and going to all these new places, was there any war stories along the way? He had many war stories but most of them were on the more personal side. But I did get one story that can see why the other stories might be more personal.
Every 6 months, the enemy tried to overrun small base camps, bombing and charging with a fleet. My great grandfather happened to be in one of those small bases while the enemy tried to destroy it. There was a saying "Have 4 days to go" that pretty much meant the new comers or recruits would only last 4 days in the bases or bunkers. My grandfather said he was on his third day and after that time was up. He was in the bunker with his M16 rifle pinned down while enemy fire was directed towards him. Him and others took off and fled the base, whether it was by vehicle or plane, he made it back unharmed and safe. Just hearing that story, I can only imagine what the actual representation could have been like, even if that wasn't the full detailed story.
After all that chaos, he retired the Air force in Wichita Falls, Texas. So I wanted to know why he decided to come back up to live full time in Washington. While he was down in Texas, living out his retirement for a little bit, there was some disaster taking place. There was 3 separate tornados that all came together to form one huge tornado. It killed an estimated 79 people from my great grandfather remembers. Not sure what year it was but everything shut down, the place was wrecked so my grandfather thought the best option was to help those in need. He joined the Red Cross, looking for injured or dead people in the rubble. He did that for a while and when it was over, he was done with it and wanted no part in doing that again or coming close to another tornado. So he decided to move to Washington with where most of family were and still lives there today in Lynden.
An old man who's seen it all and has experienced it all retreats in relaxation from all that previous traveling and chaos. Helping someone in need happened to end up marrying that same person and therefore found his soulmate because he decided to help her with homework. There's always room to help someone and it will surely benefit you as well in the future. I learned that from my great grandfather and doing this interview with him was well worth the while and learned tons more about him.
The craziest childhood one could imagine, my grand father has lived it. Born in South Dakota then moved to Washington State where most, if not all his family are located. It starts out with a simple question like where did you go to school. He chuckles, "Haha …show more content…
okay you ready?" He first went to elementary school called Lincoln in Bellingham but was later to be condemned so he had to move. The next school was a ways away in northern Sweden. After that was Roder, Sunnyland and Carls cosure, which were all nearby or in Whatcom county. Then continued to stay local, going to Whatcom middle school and Bellingham highschool. Graduating with a B average, he wanted to attend college. But what college did he attend I ask?
When he was younger he was very interested in aircraft and wanted to either build or fix airplanes.
This then strived him into going into the Air force.
Because of the Air force, he has gone to quite a bit of different colleges. "Let me name the few I remember" he says. Credits he has attained come from places like University of Washington. My mother astounded never knew he attended such a school. The other few colleges were Santa Marie in California, New Jersey, East & North Carolina, Texas and Guam! Graduating with a bachelors degree in education and associates degree in technology and traffic management.
The training of being in the Air force my great grandfather took place mostly in Texas. He trained in Lackland air force base, Amarillo and Wichita Falls, all in which were in Texas. Since he was the one to decide to enroll, the training wasn't here's a gun, now go and fight. The boot camp he had to go through was 6 weeks long of mostly studying and the basics of how to protect yourself and what to wear or take with you on flights. Also how to load/unload passengers into an airplane was another trained
ability.
Thought he went to a lot of schools? It was quite similar to how many places he's been stationed at and had to once call home, for at least a couple months. Being in the Air force for a good 20 and a half years comes with some pretty terrific benefits. Besides helping and servicing our country, he literally got to see the world and by doing so, met someone very special today. He's been stationed in many places starting off within the United States such as California. Then all the way to the East coast states like North Carolina and New Jersey. Now the more exotic places are in a total new continent and miles away. Some of those places he's been stationed at would be Guam, Vietnam and New Zealand. What really caught mine and my mothers attention was he also flew to a very, if not freezing location. As a crew member he flew all the way down south to Antarctica. Crazy as that sounds, he's been stationed in Africa as well, where he found his future wife. Must be a pretty small world according to how his life is going during the time as an Air force member.
Stationed in a hot dry climate in Northern Africa on Azores Island is where my great grandfather met my great grandmother. Her dad was stationed there and she came along and her dad and my great grandfather were somewhat close and talked a little bit. My grandmother had some math homework that could use some help, so my grandfather did the kind thing and went and helped her. He was her little math tutor for the time he was stationed in Africa and that paid off, now that they're happily together right now.
Besides meeting new people and going to all these new places, was there any war stories along the way? He had many war stories but most of them were on the more personal side. But I did get one story that can see why the other stories might be more personal.
Every 6 months, the enemy tried to overrun small base camps, bombing and charging with a fleet. My great grandfather happened to be in one of those small bases while the enemy tried to destroy it. There was a saying "Have 4 days to go" that pretty much meant the new comers or recruits would only last 4 days in the bases or bunkers. My grandfather said he was on his third day and after that time was up. He was in the bunker with his M16 rifle pinned down while enemy fire was directed towards him. Him and others took off and fled the base, whether it was by vehicle or plane, he made it back unharmed and safe. Just hearing that story, I can only imagine what the actual representation could have been like, even if that wasn't the full detailed story.
After all that chaos, he retired the Air force in Wichita Falls, Texas. So I wanted to know why he decided to come back up to live full time in Washington. While he was down in Texas, living out his retirement for a little bit, there was some disaster taking place. There was 3 separate tornados that all came together to form one huge tornado. It killed an estimated 79 people from my great grandfather remembers. Not sure what year it was but everything shut down, the place was wrecked so my grandfather thought the best option was to help those in need. He joined the Red Cross, looking for injured or dead people in the rubble. He did that for a while and when it was over, he was done with it and wanted no part in doing that again or coming close to another tornado. So he decided to move to Washington with where most of family were and still lives there today in Lynden.
An old man who's seen it all and has experienced it all retreats in relaxation from all that previous traveling and chaos. Helping someone in need happened to end up marrying that same person and therefore found his soulmate because he decided to help her with homework. There's always room to help someone and it will surely benefit you as well in the future. I learned that from my great grandfather and doing this interview with him was well worth the while and learned tons more about him.