James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
Recorded
November 9, 2008
01:01:48
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Id:
MBX004578
Description
James Desjardin, 83, is interviewed by his wife, Gertrude Desjardin, 77, about his life.Subject Log / Time Code
Great Depression; large family; father lost his job after the stock market crash; brothers hunted for game.
school; June 1943 graduated high school; drafted by the Navy; movie projectionist; Navy CBs; discharged in San Francisco
cleaning and repairing around the house; able to solve any problem; wired buzzer in the bedrooms of his daughters
Tim went to art museums and Gert was impressed.
quite compatible; Jim was so good with all those babies.
Participants
- James Desjardin
- Gertrude Desjardin
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
OutreachKeywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Apollo Moon Mission
- Apple II Computer
- birth of first child
- college
- craft, skills, and procedures
- Electrical Engineer
- Excel
- family characters
- family favorite songs and poems
- family naming and nicknames
- family trips and excursions
- Fat Mac
- Great Depression stories
- Honeywell
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- Mission to the Moon
- movie projectionist
- Navy CBs
- Pep
- Personal Computer
- personal experiences
- religious beliefs and practices
- Roosevelt
- school day memories
- South Pacific
- Spouse
- Stock Market Crash
- United Nations Association
- University of Florida