Hello. I know this may seem annoying, ignorant, or inconveniant and i apologize. But I have to do an interview for a history project to learn about the culture of that time period and get a sense of the era. So i was just wondering if anyone would be willing to do an interview? Thank you for your time. -Kevin Callahan
Welcome Kevin. Perhaps you might explain how you intend to conduct the interview? You most certainly are not being annoying, ignorant, or inconvenient. I tried sending you a private message but you have elected not to receive any!!
Like Herakles says Kevin, you arent being annoying in the least. But you need to be more specific. What info do you need?
I tried sending you a private message but you have elected not to receive any!! He can't get PMs because he hasn't made enough posts nor has he been a member of the forum long enough. You have to make 5 posts and be member 3 or 5 days before PMs are available.
He can't get PMs because he hasn't made enough posts nor has he been a member of the forum long enough. You have to make 5 posts and be member 3 or 5 days before PMs are available. I didn't know that Jeff. Seems to be a strange requirement! I also wonder why he posted in the Women of WW2 forum.
I posted in the Women's forum because I thought it might be interesting to interview a woman who participated in a different way--not the hand-to-hand combat portion. Would it be easier to do the interview via email or by posting questions and answers right here?
I posted in the Women's forum because I thought it might be interesting to interview a woman who participated in a different way--not the hand-to-hand combat portion. Would it be easier to do the interview via email or by posting questions and answers right here? That's a good idea Kevin. A woman's perspective would be different. I need to know a little more however. What do you mean by wanting to know about the culture at the time? This has little to do with the war. Also at what level are you? Are you at school? University?
I will be a high school junior in the fall. As to wanting to learn more about the culture, I was just going to ask about a dozen questions and then infer how life and the war were like. That's a mandatory part of the project.
Great Kevin. I now know from your use of the word "Fall" that you must be in the USA. Why not post your questions here and let members answer them? You can then select from these as your fancy fits. I will be happy to respond. But I will bring a non-American perspective.
Hello again. Could you please include your name, years served, and location stationed with the rest of your answers? Thank you for your help. 1. What was your exact job in the war? What duties, power, and requirements came with the job? 2. What was a typical day like for you? 3. How did you feel about your country's decision to join the war? 4. Why did you feel the need to volunteer in the war effort? 5. What were your views on the war before you served, and how did these preconceptions change? 6. Describe the World War II Era and its differences with the New Millenium. 7. Did serving in the war change any of your morals, beliefs, or values? Explain. 8. Is there any one event that stands out in your memory? Describe it. 9. Explain your feelings when you heard the war was over. 10. How did your life change after the war? 11. Describe your opinion on the United States decision to twice use the atomic bomb on Japan. 12. In your eyes, how did this war shape the state of the current world? 13. Anything else?
I can't answer some of these as I was a child at the end of the war. Hello again. Could you please include your name, years served, and location stationed with the rest of your answers? Thank you for your help. 1. What was your exact job in the war? What duties, power, and requirements came with the job? 2. What was a typical day like for you? 3. How did you feel about your country's decision to join the war? It was the right decision. We Australians didn't give a second thought to helping England. At the time we never seriously considered that we would become a target ourselves. 4. Why did you feel the need to volunteer in the war effort? 5. What were your views on the war before you served, and how did these preconceptions change? 6. Describe the World War II Era and its differences with the New Millenium. Wow! Everyone of my vintage regards the world as a better place then than now. During the war there was much privation - rationing and having to face the death of loved ones etc. 7. Did serving in the war change any of your morals, beliefs, or values? Explain. Not "did" so much as "how". But this isn't applicable to me. 8. Is there any one event that stands out in your memory? Describe it. Watching camouflaged planes flying over my school. 9. Explain your feelings when you heard the war was over. It barely registered with me. I was too young. But at least I had my father back home all the time. 10. How did your life change after the war? It didn't. 11. Describe your opinion on the United States decision to twice use the atomic bomb on Japan. Erm, the decision wasn't just the US's to make. It was correct. It ended the war, it meant saving a huge number of Allied lives and it taught the Japanese a lesson. 12. In your eyes, how did this war shape the state of the current world? It was the final nail in the coffin for England. It caused the collapse of the British Empire. It cleansed Europe of some of its territorial beliefs and it pushed the USA into prominence. There's a good case to argue that WW1 did more to change the world. 13. Anything else? The war caused the development of much technology that we benefit from now - e.g. radar but there are many other examples. It advanced the cause of women and American Negroes considerably. It saw the high point of navies. They have steadily declined ever since. It also saw the aeroplane rise into prominence. Sorry I can't contribute more. Good luck with your work. I'd be interested in reading your final report.
