Life History of Don Harris
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1. Tell about your favorite uncle.
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2. What changes have you seen in technology? (Indoor plumbing, water, telephones, computers, cars, etc.)
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3. Tell something you remember about one of your grandparents. (Were they funny, crazy, loving, mean, or special in a certain way.)
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4. Did you ever have an accident, illness, or an operation? Pick one and tell about it.
I served 17 months in Korea with the Army Security Agency. 1961 to 1962. The cease fire was in 1955 but an armistice was never signed until 1995. After 27 days coming back on a ship and sailing under the golden gate bridge I decided the bridge was really gold. I came home then went to Fort Brag, NC and then the Cuban missile crises started and got shipped to Florida. After things cooled down I was given leave and Millie and I got married and then back to Florida to finish my hitch. Millie and I lived in Homestead Florida near the Air Force base where I was attached.
I had a miner accident with my jeep while stationed in Korea. I avoided an ox cart that pulled out from in front of me; I missed the ox and ran over a chicken. It cost our government about $5 for the chicken. I forgot what it cost if you killed a pig, big bucks as I remember
5. Tell what your hobbies or interests are. (Do you sing, sew, write, hunt, build things, let us know more about you.)
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6. Tell about the changes in television. (Anything you want, earlier shows vs. today's shows, invention of VCR's & DVD's, the sky's the limit.)
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7. Lets be romantic! Tell us about your valentine, first love, first crush, or how you were proposed to, or how you proposed to your sweetheart.
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8. What types of jobs have you had and which did you prefer?
The best job I ever had was picking strawberry's for Art Harris at 5 cents a quart and all I could eat. I would help him pedal them around the lake to tourists. In the fall I would help him get apples and press them into cider. When the cider got hard I could have all the hard cider I wanted.. One day I drew off a glass of hard cider and a mouse came out into my glass. It didn't bother me as I remember as I had already had a glass and the alcohol content was very high.
9. Who was your best friend while growing up, or who is your best friend now? Let us know a little about the friends you have had in your life.
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10. Tell us about your favorite Aunt
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