Questions for Vet Project

Greetings and Salutations

• Introduce yourself, school, teacher, assignment• Explain why you are asking them these questions• Ask to set up a good time to talk – will be at least a ½ hour,

or, about 30 mins or so via email• Ask if ok to tape/record if you plan on doing that• Be sure to write/send/say some kind of thank you at end• Be sure to get contact information, ask if it is ok if you can

contact them again if you need to follow up• If they need to, my contact info is: kaitlinpappert@ccusd.org• Finally, ask if they would like a copy of the assignment

Basic information to get:• Name, • age when they served, • dates they served, • where/location of service, • what war, • which branch, • why did you go to war, • hometown, • medals and what they stand for, • what was your job like, • daily experience/routine, • ranking, • where stationed, what it looks like, • weapons used• thoughts before and after the war, thoughts now, how did your family feel about

the war, how did it effect you, are they proud of their service, would you do it again

Open-Ended, $10 Questions!

• What was it like after the war? • What was your most memorable experience?• What impacted you during the war?• What was the most _______ thing that

happened to you in the war?• If you could describe a specific detail about your

war life, what would it be?• How would you prepare someone going to war

now?

DO NOT:

• Be weird. Or insensitive.• Ask questions where the answer is simple or

straightforward.• Consider the difference between these:– Did you make good friends?– What experience or event helped establish a

friendship?