American Expat, from Korea to Thailand: An interview of Robert Jerry Draughon by Roberta Draughon Goode

Recorded September 7, 2020 49:49 minutes

Description

Roberta Draughon Goode (53) interviews her father, Robert Jerry Draughon (84) for future generations and for family history. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Jerry enlisted in the Korean War at age 17. An entrepreneur with a taste for adventure, he settled in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to fulfill his dream to ride an elephant through the marketplace and to live out his life in a bamboo house with his young caregiver Khec Khec.

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  • Robert Draughon
  • Roberta Goode

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