Myron Vaughn

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Myron Vaughn:   My name?

Interviewer:   Yeah. Say it and spell it.

M:   Myron Vaughn. V-A-U-G-H-N

I:    B-A-U

M:  V-V

I:   V. Okay. V-A-U-G-H-N.

M:  Right

I:   Yes. What is your birthday?

M:  October 5th

I:  Uh-huh.

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I:   19

M:  45

I:   1945?

M:  45, I think it was. Wasn’t it?  You got me.  I don’t know.

I:   No, No.

M:  It was in 1945, I know that.

I:  That’s the year you were born?

M:  Yeah.

I:   So, how old are you now?

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M:  October. Let’s see now.  70. 71.

I:   72. Oh, okay.

M:  Something like that.

I:   Where were you born?

M:  Where’d I?

I:  Where were you born?

M:  Right in Waupaca.

I:   Waupaca? Here?

M:   Yes.

I:   Right here. And tell me about your family background when you were growing up.  What your parents and your siblings.

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M:  Yeah, I’ve got. I’ve got two brother, another brother, and then I got three sisters.

I:  Uh-hmm.  And what was your parents doing?

M:  My dad use to work for the county and my

I:   County?

M:  Yes. and my mother

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M:   She was just a mother.

I:   Uh-hmm.  Did you graduate high school?

M:   No, I didn’t. I left the county and went into the service.

I:   When did you join the service?

M:  Boy. . . When the hell did I?  Let’s see. . . 50 or 40 [expletive]. . . Boy, I just can’t. I can’t tell. I can’t remember. I was in the service.

I:  How old were you at the time?

M:   I went.  Jeez, I can’t remember that either now, so. . .

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I:  Tell me about anything you remember about your service.

M:  Okay, I went to Korea

I:  When did you go?

M:  I went to Korea. Don’t know exactly when I did, but I can’t remember, I just can’t remember. I’m sorry.

I:   So what do you want to tell me about? You were not in Korea during the war right?

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M:   No I wasn’t.

I:   So it was after the war?

M:  Yes, I was.

I:  Uh-huh. And what was. . . you were in the Army or Air Force or Navy.

M:  Army.  Mm-hmm.

I:   And where were you?

M:  I was right in Seoul.

I:  Seoul.

M:  Yep.

I:  And. . .Tell me about what you did there.

M:  Let’s see.  What did I do there? I

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was. I was in the small arms weapon.

I:  Mm-hmm

M:  22. . . Not 22s, but. . . Boy, I used to be in the. . . I really don’t know.  I can’t remember.

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I:   So you were in Seoul.

M:  Yes, right in Seoul.  Yep.

I:    How did you like Seoul?

M:   It was good. It was okay. I had a lot of fun.

I:    You were single, right?

M:  Yes. Yes, I was.

I:   Did you sleep inside Seoul? Yongsan?

M:   Yes.

I:   Eighth Army?

M:   Yeah.

I:   Mm-hmm.

M:   Mm-hmm.

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I:   What was your rank?

M:   October 5. . . 550. I just can’t think. I just can’t think. I’m sorry.

I:   Were you sergeant?

M:  No.

I:   Corporal?

M:   Just. . . yes?

I:   Corporal.

M:   Yes.

I:  Yeah, yeah.  And what

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did you do?

M:   What did I do then?

I:   Yeah.

M:   I just did small arms, small arms. You know take rifles apart and fixed them. Stuff like that.

I:   I see, so you fixed the rifles.

M:   Yes. Yes, that’s what I did.

I:   And, do you remember what age that you joined the Army? 17?

M:   No.

I:   18?

M:  Yes, I think around that time. I don’t know. I’m sorry.

I:   So you were there in the 60s? In. . .

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