Summary: <p><img src="//TeachingLearningLeadingK12.podbean.com/mf/web/4krq4e/WWII-Pacific_Theater_memorial.jpg" alt="WWII-Pacific_Theater_memorial.jpg" width="320" height="213"></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is part 3 of my interview of Jim Spradley. Today we are talking about his military experience in World War II.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here are some samples from our discussion:</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How Jim ended up in the Navy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What he was trained to do and where he was eventually dropped in the Pacific theater of the War.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nobody wanted to volunteer for submarines.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What they ate and why the Army soldiers really liked getting mutton.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What it was like when the announcement came that Germany had surrendered.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">His transition from war to college.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The college he attended after the war was Princeton where he eventually completed his degree in Economics.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the biggest moments in his service was the day that he heard____________ .</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What was expected if the war carried itself to the Japanese mainland.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What happened when Japan surrendered.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This talk is filled with potential for engaging activities. What do you think?</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here are some words/phrases that the kids would need to understand when you discuss Jim's comments: draft, Navy, storekeeper as a military position, PT boats, torpedo boats, mutton, equator, c-rations, and celebration mode.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also, how about helping the kids look at where he was when he was drafted in Dooly County, Georgia. Think about where his travels took him next: Macon and Rhode Island to California to the Pacific which included New Guinea, the Phillipines, and Japan.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for listening.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Length - 36:25</span></p>
