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WWII Interview Project

I interviewed my father and my mother Jacques Hughes and Inez Cunningham. I interviewed mom when I was at home and my dad when he was at work over the telephone. I interviewed my mother because my grandfather John Cunningham was in WWII but did not stay in the army long. I interviewed my father because my grandfather Robert Hughes was suppose to be in WWII but had some problems during the time.

My mother was born May 1 in St. Louis, MO. My father was born April 1 in St. Louis, MO also. My dad went to Charles Sumner High School and went to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Fontbonne University in St. Louis. My dad has two brothers named Donald and Robert Jr. and two sisters Sharon and Phyllis. My mom went to Labrerae’ High School and went to the University of Missouri St. Louis and Fontbonne University in St. Louis. My mom has a sister named Susie and two deceased brothers John Jr. and Edward. I have learned that both of my grandfathers were in the army during the time of WWII. My Grandfather Robert A. Hughes was a corporal in the United States Army as he was getting ready to be shipped off to fight in WWII he came down with a bad case a pneumonia. He really wanted to help serve his country but the Surgeon General said that he was to sick and he maid my grandfather stay back here in St. Louis. After a bout year or two of recovering from being sick he retired from the army.

My mother’s father story is completely different from the first one. My grandfather John K. Cunningham was in the US Army and was serving in WWII. He was stationed in the Philippines. One day as he was stationed my grandmother Nettie B. Cunningham had heard on the new that day that there was going to be a bombing at the site that my grandfather was at. So, about five minutes later my grandfather got a call and the phones are always far from stations. My grandmother called my grandfather so that he wouldn’t have died in that bombing so if it wasn’t for my grandmother my grandfather would have died in his 20s.

I think that people should learn that you should not take life for granted because both of my grandfathers could have died at a really young instead of living there long lives to there 80s.