Interview with Cleve Thibodeaux and Eause Dugas

Accession No.: 
BE1-092

00:00 - Flooding on his land;
00:45 - Talking about bad roads in his area;
02:45 - French in school;
03:20 - More discussion on his bomb shelter - They were most worried about radiation;
04:45 - Building of the shelter. Someone in Lafayette designed and built it, used 20 tons of concrete, also had a well installed that the shelter can access;
07:30 - Food storage in the shelter;
09:30 - Using the shelter for storms;
10:10 - Targets for potential bombings;
11:30 - U.S. Government compiling data on how many private bomb shelters existed
14:50 - Meteor crash in Vermilion Bay - 1957. Many people thought it was a bomb;
17:20 - Military service - culture shock, never had basic training;
20:40 - Never felt out of place for being Cajun. Says people couldn't tell he was from Louisiana;
21:30 - Says his French came in handy while serving. Says he used his French a fair amount in China;
25:00 - Hearing about the Atomic bomb being used in Japan while he was in China;
26:15 - Explaining how LORAN (Long Range Navigation) works; He mostly worked in with radar and LORAN while in the service;
28:25 - Went into radio and television after returning from the war;
29:00 - Went to MIT in 1944 to learn about circuit design;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, WWII, World War II, Cold War
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Erath, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:02
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, April 8, 2024
Original Format: 
Cassette - 60
Digital Format: 
AIFF
Bit Depth: 
16
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore