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Anthropology

Tree Lady

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6. Right before my father died in 2000

Reply to mgardener (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 17, 2022, 07:57 AM

Dec 2022

He told my daughter's boyfriend who had just joined Air Force stories about him being in the war. I had never heard any of these stories.

One story was he was a gunner and he watched his best friend another gunner on other side of him get killed. I'm Sorry he couldn't share this pain.

Or the time in basic training where he got so drunk his friends tied him to a pole so he wouldn't get in trouble.

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Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2022 OP

Excellent idea. pandr32 Dec 2022 #1

I did that with my mother. Asked all manner of things about her childhood and what it was Solly Mack Dec 2022 #2

I just ordered it mgardener Dec 2022 #3

Right before my father died in 2000 Tree Lady Dec 2022 #6

I was really lucky, I was close to my grandmother, visited relatives with her and heard the stories Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #4

I already do. GreenWave Dec 2022 #5

You talkin' to me? (Robert DeNiro) Judi Lynn Dec 2022 #7

I stopped calling my relatives Ramapithecus (which they seemed to like) GreenWave Dec 2022 #13

Sharing with my friends and relatives; for their children as well. cachukis Dec 2022 #8

my hubby recorded his moms oral history.. she passed at 104 samnsara Dec 2022 #9

My parents grew up during the Depression nuxvomica Dec 2022 #10

Based on your title, I thought this would be about analyzing our RWNJ relatives. erronis Dec 2022 #11

Write the info on the backs of your pictures. oldfart73 Dec 2022 #12

I would have had to interview them more like a psychiatrist Warpy Dec 2022 #14