Interview with J.C. Alpough

00:30 - Drafted into the service, went to Camp Funston in Kansas;
01:30 - Came down with Pneumonia and Influenza after being shipped to France;
02:05 - After getting sick, was sent back home to a camp in Mississippi and then Hoboken, New Jersey
02:20 - Didn't see any battle. Mentions that that was the first time he left home;
04:00 - The weather was bad in France while he was there - cold and rainy, stayed in canvas tents
05:00 - Says that he met many French people while there, but had trouble understanding them. He says they were nice to him;
06:00 - He saw some wounded soldiers while in France and that he feels very lucky to still be alive;
07:45 - Came into contact with German prisoners but wasn't allowed to talk to them;
09:20 - Description of a typical day while in the service;
10:20 - Talks again about not being able to understand the French people he met.
10:55 - Says that they never had a day off in the army and says the happiest day of his life was when he found out he was coming back home;
12:45 - Talks about his trip back to the US and about his return home. Arrived home in March on a train out of Camp Shelby;
14:55 - Received a bonus payment;
15:40 - He was a farmer before he went into the army. He went to school until the 7th grade, raised Catholic;
17:58 - Went back to farming and also got married when he returned from the service;
18:50 - African Americans were not allowed to vote when he went into the service, talks a bit about segregation in the army;
20:23 - Name of his Division (unclear) Company 806 Pioneer Infantry? Barry says that George Holmes was in Company 816;
22:00 - His birthday is June 6, 1894;

New Interview with John Stewart starts;

25:00 - Born in Jackson, LA in 1888; Was drafted in 1917
27:00 - His father was a cotton farmer. Was a fireman on the railroad after returning from the army;
27:30 - Was shipped to Camp Funston in Kansas, took a train from Donaldsonville;
28:25 - Talks about training at Camp Funston - tear gas training, was exposed to Mustard gas;
29:15 - Says he was rejected due to an injury, didn't go to France. Was in Company 805;
31:45 - Says that even thought they trained and marched together, he lived in segregated barracks;
32:45 - They had plenty of food, was payed $7.50 per month while serving; Next few minutes are unclear, talking some about benefits from the VA;
36:30 - Talks about when he came back from Kansas - went back to work, worked at Standard Oil in Baton Rouge and as a railroad fireman;
37:30 - Says it wasn't too hard for him to find a job, got a bonus after leaving the army;
39:10 - He says that he wanted to serve in WWII, but they wouldn't take him;
29:40 - Talks about how his family felt when he left; Didn't have voting rights when he was drafted;
40:50 - Talks about how happy family and friends were when he returned home, audio is difficult to understand;
41:40 - He says he wasn't scared to leave home;
42:50 - Talks about when he moved to Palmetto;
44:30 - Was also a fireman at the sawmill in Palmetto;
45:45 - More about being exposed to gas and being trained to use the gas mask;
47:20 - Discussing his discharge papers;
48:30 - Talking about hunting and life in the old days;
50:50 - Mentions that his father didn't serve in the army, talks about his dad's reaction to him being drafted;
54:00 - Flood of 1927, then mentions other floods that they had in the 20s;
53:30 - Barry asks if people working in the sawmill ever sang songs. John says he remembers them, but doesn't sing any;