Keithley Wilkins and Joan Allen

Recorded March 5, 2022 Archived March 5, 2022 11:35 minutes
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Id: mby021540

Description

Keithley Wilkins (64) shares a conversation with his wife, Joan Allen (62), about the boy, Herbert, who his mother and father adopted and the relationship they have all had throughout the years.

Subject Log / Time Code

KW talks about his father’s experience in World War II and in the military. He talks about the boy, Herbert, who his father met.
KW talks about his father returning to Germany in 1960 and about how his father reconnected with Herbert.
JA reads letters that Herbert and KW’s father wrote to one another.
KW talks about his father and Herbert traveling to visit one another and meet one another’s families.
KW talks about what Herbert is doing now. JA and KW also talk about going to visit Herbert.

Participants

  • Keithley Wilkins
  • Joan Allen

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