Interview with Sam Delcambre (part 2)

Accession No.: 
TH1-036

Samuel J. Delcambre, Jason Theriot, Hewitt Theriot, Mrs. Delcambre:

-Talking about the members of his crew; those that are still alive and those that have passed on and how
-Showing a handkerchief that had a map with locations of Allies sown into it so if they were shot down they could use the handkerchief to find their way back to safety
-If captured they could dissolve it by using their blood so the enemy would not be able to find their locations
-Reading from an article that detailed one of Delcambre’s missions (from “Air Force Journal” Oct. 1943)

(6:11) Telling the story of how his good friend that was a captain was captured and was a POW
-Origins of the name of Delcambre’s plane “Jerk’s Natural”; their pilot’s name was Jerstad so his nickname was “Jerk”
-Showing photos; he was able to use his address as the serial number and his parents’ names
-Talking of how he and his wife met
-Reading from Delcambre’s passport/discharge papers (H. Theriot is talking to Mrs. Delcambre at the same time)

(12:11) “Ted’s Traveling Circus,” a book
-Looking through photos in the book
-Picking out photos for Theriot to use in his book
-Talking about their grandson who is working overseas in mining
-Delcambre’s finding his papers for his medals

(19:40) Talking all over each other
-Discussing the war and how ready the men were to fight; ill-prepared and not trained though
-Majored in electrical engineering at Southwestern
-Flew to England and took a ship back to New York; “Queen Mary” with 17 thousand men on it

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Jason Theriot
Subject: 
Oral History; World War II; Waist Gunner; North Africa; Air Force
Creator: 
Jason Theriot
Informants: 
Sam Delcambre
Recording date: 
Sunday, January 19, 2003
Coverage Spatial: 
New Iberia, La
Publisher: 
Jason Theriot
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:29:00
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Monday, August 5, 2013
Original Format: 
Mircocassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore-Drawer 20