On 6/17/15, Joe and I interviewed Jack Stenger. I did not handle the audio equipment this time and I think I did a better job as the head questioner than the last time I took on the position.
This interview felt a lot simpler than many of the previous interviews that I've done. Jack wasn't the kind of person to move from topic to topic without being prompted and the interview was a little shorter than other ones clocking in at roughly 27:00.
One interesting thing that he talked about that hasn't been discussed in other interviews I've been in is the effect of the returning GIs and the postwar environment. He was a Washington College student and he recalled a lot of older GIs attending college thanks to the GI bill. He joked about how the older men dominated the dating scene; it was a neat thing to hear about.
He was 16 years old when WWII ended so he didn't serve in the war. He did serve in the Korean war though where he flew what he called the "BSD" or Big Steel Desk. He was in the intelligence service.
This interview was different from the other ones. He didn't have much to say about the Second World War, but he had a lot more experience with the effects it had on the world after it. It was a pretty interesting thing to hear about and I will admit, I did not see that coming.
--Elijah McGuire-Berk
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