11/22/2019 0 Comments Veterans Day Q&ABy: Edward Roubinek
On November 12th Mrs. Becvar’s second hour class got the chance to interview a couple of our rural veterans. This event took place at the high school in the media center all week. We did this to get a feel of what it was like to be a veteran, and to complete a project. Clark One of the first vets that I got to interview was Clark. He was an Air Force radio operator. He never saw combat, but he had some very interesting stories. One of the many questions that I asked him was what his job was while he was in the service. He said that he was a radio operator and transmitted messages to different bases. He said, “I was a 293 radio operator. I transmitted messages to and from people. My information had to be precise.'' One of Clark's most memorable experiences was winning the Christmas Lighting Show Competition. Clark said that coming back into society was pretty easy. He says the Air Force was one of the best experiences in this life. I got some real positive vibes. Another veteran that I was lucky enough to interview was Mindy. Like Clark, Mindy was also a non-combat air-force veteran. She and Clark both agree that the air-force changed their lives for the better. Mindy was very talkative and informative the information she gave me was very eye-opening to the possibilities the air-force opens up. So here are some of the things that I learned from Mindy. Mindy “My first job was Swiss kc -135 is which is an air traffic River refueler,” this was Mindy’s response to my first question of what was one of your job in the air-force. Mindy worked with the aircraft. It was her job to inspect them and make sure they were intact. She was also an air-traffic controller she help the pilots in the air and on the ground by providing them with the information they needed for navigation and helping get the support they needed when on the ground. Mindy told me, “The most scary one to me was Korea, I had no idea of the language I didn't know where I was going” when I asked her what was one of her scarier experiences. Mindy had a lot to tell but none of them were as good as her story of being able to keep in contact with her friends. She said she made many friendships and she has been able to keep them throughout the years.
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