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- Text: ...And they typically have a band, so as I walked from the parking lot to the front of the temple, this rock music was playing, and all those people were laughing and drinking beer. And I look over and there's actually a goat over there. I don't know who had a goat, or who would expo...
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- Text: ...Our son did consider, Jason, considered for a short while being a rabbi, and then considered being a cantor, because music is his life. And I am just so happy to have Temple B'nai Israel. We struggle. It's a small congregation now. At one time it had 150 members, and now we'r...
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- Text: ...tayed in a cove for 1 week while waiting for submarines to pass. During this week, the men played many cards and listened to music. (27:17) The ship landed in Kodiak Bay in Alaska in early summer 1942. (28:08) After landing, the men traveled up the coast to a field where they sent up camp. ...
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- Text: ...her and 3 sisters. (6:03) The home he lived in at the time of this interview (August 2011) Ray built himself. (7:22) He took music lessons on the banjo as a child. He and his brother would play in square dances for entertainment. (8:00) All through high school and college he and his brother...
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- Text: ... their 6-inch gun barrels causing one ship to keel over at one point. (11:49) • Astrauckas related how he was listening to music while rockets fired from the ships to shore. (12:51) •Arrived at Normandy on D+1 and unloaded British/Canadian troops on Juno. (13:01) •Briefly describ...
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- Text: -Given time every weekend to go into town to New York City. (00:25:00) -Regrets never stopping to see musical Oklahoma while it was playing in the City. -Finished the training around the 2nd week of July 1945. -Roosevelt claimed intentions to give Merchant Marines war veteran status.
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- Text: ROBERT MOSS: I have known, I guess, as long as I've known Doc Rich that if there happened to be music and a woman, he was dancing. FRANK BORING: What were some of the stops along the way like? Do you recall any shore leave, or were you allowed off the ship at all?
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- Text: ...s; had a lot of sensitivities in Europe. One time had a woman that commented on the radio not having good Rock N’ Roll music in Austria, which nearly caused an International uproar; made her apologize on air. In Iceland, couldn’t talk about alcohol or dogs on air. (00:38:45)...
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- Text: .... every month there was a USO show. (35:47) Most shows had 5-7 people in the shows. (36:16) The shows varied in content from music, to sports, to celebrity appearances. (36:38) He saw 9 shows at Binh Thuy Air Base. (30:03) He served in country for approx. 1 year. (1969-1970) (39:13) End of...
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- Text: ...icycles (often saw peddlers use these), motorbikes, or German vehicles before this Saw the Empire State Building, the Music Hall, etc. The half-brother gave Meiers’s father money and all the children new clothes His father was able to convert a German soldier’s uniform into a su...
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- Text: ...hen he returned home he was allowed to bring a little less than 400 pounds of souvenirs -He had bought a high end stereo and music, so he brought that home with him (00:19:52) Arrival in Vietnam -His first thought upon arriving in Vietnam was that it was warm -He met a soldier from Battle C...
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- Text: ...irection and discipline he needed (00:33:26) Life after the War Pt. 2 -Taught at Southeastern High School in Detroit -Taught music there for twenty years -Worked as a counselor for thirteen years -Encouraged a lot of boys and girls to enlist in the military -They had no future in Detroit an...
