Kathleen Grussing and LuVerne Grussing
Recorded
August 5, 2020
Archived
August 5, 2020
37:24 minutes
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Id:
mby019951
Description
Spouses Kathleen Grussing (71) and LuVerne Grussing (71) talk about their shared experience of serving in the Peace Corps in Tunisia in the 1970's and going on to form the national basketball league in the Central African Republic.Subject Log / Time Code
KG talks about their shared Peace Corps experience and asks LVG to share about his experiences in the Peace Corps.
LVG talks about joining the Peace Corps after they recently married.
KG describes getting their acceptance to the Peace Corps in 1971 and that they were set to serve in Tunisia.
LVG talks about what it was like teaching in Tunisia and what the town was like where they were living.
LVG describes getting involved with teaching basketball, including at the national level in Tunisia.
LVG talks about moving to subsaharan Africa and formulating a national basketball team.
LVG and KG talk about the basketball tournament and why this particular tournament was so important.
KG talks about the afterglow of the game, how excited everyone was to have won, describes the huge celebration.
LVG talks about being qualified for the world basketball championship in Puerto Rico.
LVG talks about the goodbye parties that were very touching as they were preparing to leave Bangui.
LVG talks about how his experience overseas has influenced his life in the 50 years since being back.
Participants
- Kathleen Grussing
- LuVerne Grussing