Interviews with Ernest Crochet (cont,); Elvin Soileau

Accession No.: 
BE1-066

Interview with Ernest Crochet:
00:00 - Says the Navy brought him all around the world, it helped him communicate and get along with people from other places;
00:55 - Americanization - says he doesn't think the war changed him that much;
01:45 - Embracing the Cajun Culture when he came back home;
03:20 - Serving in Korea in a Communications station, was eventually moved to a station in Japan;
07:40 - Says that airplane crashes were a daily occurrence when he was in Korea;
10:00 - Talks about a crash that happened while serving on an aircraft carrier;
11:30 - Feelings about the Vietnam war and the protests that happened at home;
12:30 - Cold War, McCarthyism;

Interview with Elvin Soileau:
15:25 - Born March 28, 1932 in Belaire Cove;
15:50 - Didn't speak English at all when he started school. Speaking French in school;
16:30 - Most teacher at his school were Cajun, but they were instructed to not let students speak French;
17:00 - Punishments for speaking French in school;
18:15 - Says he picked up English relatively quickly. French was still the language at home and around town;
`8:30 - Types of punishment in school;
22:30 - Attended high school in Ville Platte;
23:20 - Brother's experience in the service in WWII;
26:30 - Discussing when he was drafted into the service;
29:00 - Discussing the term "coonass"
30:30 - "Frenchie"

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
French language; Armed Services; World War II; WWII; Korean War
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Allen Simon; Elmo Authement
Recording date: 
Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Coverage Spatial: 
New Iberia, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:52
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 5, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore