Synopsis of oral history interview with Hank Riccio.

              HANK RICCIO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
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FOR THE RECORD
Today is Weds. June 2, 2010
The location of the interview is Stratford, CT
The name of the interviewer is Jeanne Marie Christie
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THE NAME OF THE INTERVIEWEE = Hank Riccio
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1922
Names of people in the room: Mary Wall (Caregiver)
War and branch of service: USMC, WWII, K and VN
Rank: First Sergeant
Where he served: WWII,
Pacific
K= ?(didn‟t remember)
VN= Da Nang
JOGGING MEMORY:
0.01.57 Where you drafted or enlisted:
Enlisted
0.02.05Where were you living at the time?
Bridgeport, CT
Why did you join?
0.02.15 Pearl Harbor
0.02. 26. Why did you pick the service branch you joined?
Marines are the best.
0.02.39 Do you recall your first days in service?
Boot camp was tough. Had to be.
They took the train down to Paris Island, SC
0.3.26 What did it feel like?
Ask me his name after how many years.
To this day he remembers the DI, Robert A Stallings.
Had us in a „shock stage.‟
They were taught to kill and stay alive.
0.04.19 He was a DI later as well.
0. 04.41 Did he do anything special that stands out in your mind?
„Big Mike O‟Connor spit on the ground and the DI made him wipe it up with his
nose.
Everyone was standing at ease looking at him.
0.05.50 How did you get through the experience?
Tough at that age it was a challenge.
Tough challenge
and he joined the hardest
0.06.42 They had no time to think.