Interview with Ryan Wielgus, April 28, 2016
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Ryan Wielgus, at the time of this interview twenty-seven years old, details his journey to the University of Kentucky. Wielgus describes his upbringing, and the military and mechanical backgrounds within his family. He shares about his time at Purdue University, his time in the ROTC, and his time working as a car mechanic. Wielgus details the positives and negatives of his involvement within the military as well as his six-year contract. He also reflects on how college has changed, and how the military has changed him, over the years.Interview Accession
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Reserve Officers' Training Corps (U.S.) U.S. Army Student loans Recruitment U.S. MarinesInterview LC Subject
University of Kentucky Military Automobile industry and trade Pilots Mechanics.Interview Rights
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Wielgus, Ryan Interview by Barry Phillips. 28 Apr. 2016. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wielgus, R. (2016, April 28). Interview by B. Phillips. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wielgus, Ryan, interview by Barry Phillips. April 28, 2016, American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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