How
old were you when you left for the war?
Paul-
“21”
Did
you have any family member that you had to leave behind?
Paul-
“Yes, one sister one brother that was just born and two parents and my dog Goldie”
What
was your specific role in the war?
Paul-
I was a corporal manager for the mailing service. I sorted letters from the
solders families at home and was in the delivering process of getting them the
letters.
Did
you have to use a gun in the war?
Paul-
“nope never had the chance but I carried a dies arm nine millimeter.”
Did
you end up killing anyone in the war?
Paul-“Negative,
never had an opportunity to enter the battle filed I was always in the
mailroom.”
Did
you want to go into the war or were you forced?
Paul-“
I didn’t really want to go into the war, so I was lucky I was stuck in the
mailroom…I mean who really wants to be in a war.
Did
you end up meeting anyone and got to be good friends then they were killed?
Paul-“I've
seen many letters of death come threw the mailroom and KIA (killed in action)
and recognized a few names but none really caught my attention.
What
was going threw your head, as you were about to join the army?
Paul-“
Mainly what I would be doing and would I be able to help.”
Was
your family more proud
or scared for you?
Paul-“They
were both proud for me to help my county but yet they were scared “shitless”
because they knew I had a chance of dying.”
Where
you ever shot?
Paul-“nope”
After
the war did you feel that you had made a difference in our country?
Paul-“yes,
because communication is a very important roll in the war and I carried out my
duty well!”
Is
there anything you regret about going into the war?
Paul-“I
always wanted to drive around the jeep that carried around the important general
but never got the chance.
If
you had a chance to redo the war would you? What would you change?
Paul-“
No I liked my job in the war and I liked the fact that I didn’t have to kill
anyone.”
Did
you ever do anything wrong that resulted in a really bad outcome?
Paul-“Yes,
one letter that I sent out was an KIA letter but I made the mistake of sending
it to the wrong person. They were heartbroken until I realized what I had done
and get a exchanged letter to them.
Did
you get to write your family letters or talk on the phone?
Paul-“Being
in the mailroom I got the chance to mail people whenever I felt I wanted to
write.
Did
you have a code name in the war? What was it?
Paul-“No
I never had a code name but I had to nicknames. One on mm just stood for mail
man, but the one I liked was gunner. I got this name because when I started to
hand out a lot of letters at once I would stand on a podium and gun the letters
out to the troops.