Ulysse Arceneaux:

Part II of interview, see AN1-223;
World War I, Stories;

-No-named man from Lafayette;
-Soldiers falling in love with French girls, none got married to them though;
-Fighting on the front. Moving right into Germany after the war was done, waiting to come home. Walking through Belgium to Germany;
-Most soldiers fell in love with German girls, staying there longer and living with the Germans;
-Officers making room for the U.S. Soldiers;
-Stationed about 12 km from Koblenz? right on the Rhine;
-Not being allowed to interact with the German girls. His encounter with a Belgian girl. He was kept overnight in Koblenz, brought to the officer the next day. Box of cigars for the captain, cigarettes for the lieutenant, candy for the first sergeant;
-Coat Marshall?;
-Officer was eating supper the afternoon they brought him back. Inviting him to eat supper. 30 days hard labor, he was doing the same thing he was doing before;
-3 officers asked if he was guilty or not. Girl was trying to sell him souvenirs and he was trying to tell her he didn't want it. 30 days hard labor;
-No pull with the officer, you were out of luck;
-Germans were way nicer than the French were to the U.S. soldiers. The French didn't appreciate them? French charging soldiers rent;
-Maybe the French didn't care to have American soldiers there?;
-Barry meets with the higher class since he's going to school;
-Higher class, the people would their hats to them. Not talking back;

-Nothing but Farmland. Man playing the bugle and giving him the news (herald) (9:50);
-A lot of sheep. All government land?;
-Going to the target range;
-Man going fishing with his wife and daughter;
-Stationed in the Pyrenees? Thanksgiving. Getting some wine;
-3 ladies ran the winery. Mother was a widow and the two daughters were in the army. Getting some wine to sell to the soldiers (instead of coffee) and giving them the afternoon off so they could have a snow fight;
-Officer finds a good looking girl. Setting up the date;
-Getting whatever he wanted, beer, wine, etc.;
-Talking to the wife of a First Lieutenant in the French army, comparing salaries (same as a sergeant). Ulysse was getting $47.60 a month? Ulysse was making a few Francs more. The French thought the Americans were all millionaires;
-Working in Patterson, LA. Getting there on Saturday, going to church on Sunday and a man shaking his hands. Never going back to work. Joining the army before going back to where he worked;
-No one helped WWI vets get housing, jobs, etc. like they did WWII vets;
-Like he had been on a long trip;
-$60 bonus for one month's pay;
-Placide working with him, 20% pension as a veteran?;

-Scar on his leg, he would've gotten some government assistance if he would've been in WWII (18:55);
-Not knowing anyone who suffered from the war, who had a hard time getting over it;
-Guys who were shell-shocked, running into the German lines, he was told that. Deserting your post and getting killed/a medal;
-Pictures of the 1927 flood?;
-Things have changed since Ulysse was little, born in 1897;
-Taking a picture a couple years ago, he was 85. Seeing daylight? in Carencro;
-Going to school in Patterson. He didn't know how to speak English. Going to a one-room country school in Carencro. Going some days depending on how much work had to be done;
-His uncle didn't believe in school;
-His mother died when Ulysse was 2 years old, lived with his Aunt and Uncle until he was 8-9 years old (his aunt died). Moving with his cousin(s);
-He was an orphan. He couldn't take living with his cousins too much. One day, his uncle told him to take the rust off the plow blades and his cousin told him to do something else. He told his cousin his uncle told him to do something first;
-Hitting him with a buggy? Throwing bricks at his cousin?;
-Going to Bayou Carencro to another cousin's. His brother took him to Patterson shortly after;
-Adventurous life;
-Ending up moving to Rayne, his daughter lives here;
-Used to be an open field with cattle. Coming here one day about 6 years before he moved. Asking his son-in-law, he said they were going to make a subdivision. Buying a lot and building within a year. Father-in-law needs to sell before he can build. Building on the corner;

Ulysse Arceneaux