Mike Spencer Interview Clip #4
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Title
Mike Spencer Interview Clip #4
Subject
Mike's relationship to the Crawfordsville Legion.
Description
Mike remembers when his friends gave his father proper military honors.
Creator
Zach Ostrowski and Ben Handley
Publisher
Wabash College
Date
April 4th, 2020
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Original Format
MP3
Duration
0:01:20.90
Transcription
It's a work of love, actually, I mean, my father, when he passed away, he committed suicide, by the way, when he did that, it was 2001 and his funeral, they lived in Florida, so, it took several days of getting up here and everything. But it was in January, the time we got him up here, and it was really, really, really cold. So, my father never had military honors. When he passed, it was just-, and I understood it was really cold, so basically, we had a funeral, they presented the flag to my mother and loaded up in a casket, took him to the cemetery and bury. I told my honor guard guys that story in this last summer in June, they went down, they came down to Portland Mills and gave my dad military honors. That was a very touching moment that my guys want to do that for me and, uh, I'll tell you what, I had tears in my eyes from that, I'll tell you what I did cry then. Not a big cry, but I had a cry going. That was something and uh, he would've been proud. He would've been proud. I'm sure. I know I was.
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Reference
Zach Ostrowski and Ben Handley, Mike Spencer Interview Clip #4, Wabash College, April 4th, 2020
Cite As
Zach Ostrowski and Ben Handley, “Mike Spencer Interview Clip #4,” Vietnam Veterans, accessed March 28, 2024, https://his240sp20.omeka.net/items/show/13.