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 __Intro__: I interviewed my grandfather; he almost fought in the Vietnam War. He talks about why and how he became a soldier, and the feelings during the war.

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 __Holocaust Survior __ I’m Anita Mayer; I’m a survivor from the concentration camp of Holocaust. It is been a long time since Holocaust, but I still remember everything from the past. They day we got caught in our secret hiding place; we had already see the Nazi’s cars driving back and foreword taking the Jewish people away each day. The people provide place for us started denying to hide us, because they were afraid to got caught for hiding Jewish people. But we have nowhere else to go. That night, ten o’clock, everyone was preparing to sleep, a person standing nearby the window saw cars stop near our hiding place. Then he said “It’s the Nazis, they’re coming toward our house, and they’re coming to get us!” Every one frightened and started quietly and quickly goes downstairs to the dinner room before the Nazi come in. There is a secret tomb down under the dining table, but we didn’t have time. Suddenly, the door bell rang and it rang several times; no one went to answer the door, we were all trying to find place to hide. My family and I ran toward the kitchen “Bang!” they broke the door in. We were scared, some people started screaming and children were crying. The whole house was surrounding by the Nazis, we have nowhere else to hide. They told us to get in groups and stay in the little tiny dinner room; they counted and then pull us up to the truck. After we went on to the truck, the journey in the concentration camp begins.

Survivor: __Grandpa__ Event: __Vietnam War__ Information:
 * 1. Why were you going to the war? What are your missions? **

The government said Taiwan was entering the war to help America during Vietnam War, because America helps Taiwan before. And what we need to do was to go over the Vietnam and help Americans.


 * 2. Why were you in the war? Did you volunteer or draft? **

Most of the soldier in my group was draft, there were very few people were volunteer to be a soldier. I got draft, and I didn’t really want to go, but my father told me that it is a good experience for me.


 * 3. How old were you when you went to the war? **

I was about twenty years old, I just started my career and just married.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">4. How was your feeling when you decided to go to the war? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I was pretty nervous, because I was thinking how was the war going to look like, am I going to die? Questions like that. And I was pretty afraid to die in the war.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">5. Did you go to the training camp? Where did you train? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">We didn’t train long; we only trained about one or two weeks. We trained in Penghu, because the ship sail pass by the islands, and we stop there to get orders to keep going. Because we had order to stay in Penghu to wait until the upper people tell us to go to Vietnam. We waited there and trained a little.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">6. How many people were there in your group? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I don’t know the exact number, but I think at least thousands of young men were draft. Because there were a lot of ships sailing.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">7. How was your feeling about yourself when sailing to the destination? What were you thinking? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I was thinking of my family, my parents and my new married wife. I don’t want to go to the war, because I think I’m going to die if I am in the war. I heard that there were a lot of people had already die in the war.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">8. What did you bring with you? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I didn’t bring any with me, but I have a picture with all my families in it. I use to take it out and look at it when I was nervous and afraid.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">9. Did you miss your family or other people? Who did you miss the most? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I miss my parent and my wife the most, because they are the people who I care the most. Especially my wife, because I heard that she was pregnant and I’m about to leave to go to the war.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">10. Were you afraid when you were on the field fighting? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Well… when we went to Penghu we stayed there about two weeks, and the upper people didn’t order us to go to Vietnam. And after two weeks, we go orders that tell us to go back to Taiwan.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">11. Did many people dead in the war? Is there any one close to you that dead in the war? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">We didn’t really fight in the war, we went to Penghu and go back. My brothers were with me, and the young men from my neighbor were all fine.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">12. Why did the upper people decided not to go to the war? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">We didn’t really know what was happening; all we know was we got draft to be soldiers to go to Vietnam War. And we went to Penghu to wait for orders and train, and few weeks later, they gave order to go back. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">**13. How do you feel when the upper people decided not to go to the war?**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">The first thing that came to my mind was “Yeah, I don’t have to die!” and then the second thought was why? Why do they draft us and send us back again without going to Vietnam? What was happening?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">14. How was your feeing when sailing back home? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I felt pretty happy, because I’m alive. And my brothers and my friends were all fine and healthy. We can still live for our family. But I felt really bad for the people who were fighting in Vietnam War. Without our help can they survive?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">15. Did the experience change your view about your life? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">After I went back, I work harder, and take more care for my family. I have a feeling that if I don’t do these things now, it will be too late for me to do things for my family.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Script __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Hello, I’m Lee; I’m a survivor from Vietnam War. Even though that I didn’t really fought in the war, but I still have the same the feeling that every soldier will have. I was about twenty years old, my brothers and I got draft into military for soldier to fight in the Vietnam War; not only my brothers and I, young men and boys from our community, even the whole country were draft. The purpose that the Taiwanese governments enter the war was because of America was losing at the time.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I remembered the day that my brothers and I got notices that we were draft and the people that were draft had to gather at the port after 3 days then we sailed to Penghu to train and wait for the next order. During the days, I was nervous, I’m afraid that I’ll die in the war, and not able to see my family again. I miss my wife, she had just be pregnant before I was draft, am I going to see her and the child again? Lots of things were going in my mind; I brought a family picture with me, I often took it out and look at it.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">After about two weeks, we got order said that we were going back to Taiwan. Without any explanation, we sail back to where we were from. I was pretty happy when I heard the order, but why? Didn’t we have to help the America? Didn’t the Americans need help? We don’t know why. I started to feel bad for the soldiers that were fighting in the war, without our help can they survive?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">After I went back home, I started to work even harder than before and take more care of my family. I have a feeling that if I don’t do these things now, it will be too late for me to do things for my family. I realize that my family is the most important people in my life; I don’t want them to be sad because I died, so I’ll live for them.