Interview with Andrus (Doo) Henry)

Accession No.: 
ST1-171

00:40 - Family information - Lived on a farm in Lyons Point - 4 brothers, 4 sisters
01:10 - First memories of the Great Depresssion - Says they had no shows, few pieces of clothing. They fished, hunted blackbirds, rabbits, marsh hens. His mother would make bread;
03:00 - Grew beans, okra, corn, whatever other vegetables they wanted.
04:00 - Describes the family home - Had a water pump, no plumbing, no electricity;
04:55 - Cush cush with biscuits for breakfast, they ate rabbit and blackbirds or anything they could hunt.
05:50 - Clothing - they bought 3 sets of clothes a year, one pair of shoes;
06:30 - Describing the school in Lyon's Point - Attended part-time during the summer so that he could stay home and help at home
07:30 - Mule and Wagon were their main form of transportation;
08:45 - Entertainment - played baseball on the weekends, describes other game they would play;
09:40 - Started working on the farm at 10 years old until he went into the service, 35 cents per day;
11:00 - Talks about how WWII changed his life and the area - entered service in 1942, served in the Pacific;
12:00 - Memories from the war (warning: graphic descriptions);
20:00 - Mentions that he saw General MacArthur; Tells story about how he was injured - was shell shocked, stayed in the hospital for seven weeks;
22:00 - Doctor approved for him to go back to his company, couldn't go back to the front lines;
23:00 - Reminiscing more about war;
32:30 - Talking about finally being sent home from the war

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Students
Creator: 
Hilda "Mindy" Dugan
Informants: 
Andrus (Doo) Henry)
Coverage Spatial: 
Lyons Point, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
48:04
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 23, 2022
Original Format: 
MP3
Digital Format: 
MP3
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Born Digital