Interview with Grandpa

Interview With My Grandfather

For my interview, I decided to conduct in on my grandfather, who served in the Korean War. These were my questions and answers that I received.

1. Why were we there?
The United States was there to help South Korea from being invaded. We entered, because North Korea wanted to capture South Korea’s capital. They almost accomplished it, but they held strong and were able to start pushing the North Korean. Marine core went in next because the first wave of troops was soft. Being ill trained and not experienced. The main reason was to make sure that South Korea did not fall to the communists.

2. What was your duty and did you participate in combat?
He was part of Task force 77. It was very instrumental in fighting off the North Koreans. It was a naval ship that was off the coast of Korea. They had aircrafts that were sent to bomb North Korea. It was very effective.
No he did not participate in combat. He was just off the coast of Korea.

3. What was it like living in Korea?
He lived a couple of miles off the coast. He served during the winter so it was icy and cold. He said that it took a lot of perseverance to push through the cold winter.

4. How did the war affect you mentally?
Didn’t affect him at all. The ship lost some airplanes. He said that he felt that no one on the ship had any either. He has had no PTSD.

5. What was the hardest thing for you to do during the war?
Being away from home and the U.S. Spending the winter out at sea with storms. Lonesomeness for his family and U.S. were the toughest things he had to deal with.