Grandpa Research Paper

As I sat at the dinner table talking to my interviewee, who happens to be my grandfather, Jim Miller, I learned a great deal and feel more connected. He is my mom’s father and a funny, generous and spiritual guide. Grandpa Jim is a wonderful man and is the kind of grandfather who will spoil his grandchildren, due to his family's lack of income as a child. Being drafted and knowing his wife since high school meant he rarely if ever “cooked” anything other than an sandwich. When my grandpa graduated high school at 18 he was drafted into the Vietnam war along with his four brothers and a few family friends from the farm. Although this is not a funny topic, what my grandpa did was funny. When they got to the local draft board they were all lined up in chairs and were given their branch of the military. The military men were going down the row listing off army, navy, marines, and air force. My grandpa realized that he would have been in the navy and switched with the person four chairs down. Needless to say, my grandpa did not want to be on the water and he did not end up on the water. This coincides with history because when boys turned 18, they were drafted starting in December 1, 1969 . Unlike many wealthy men,

However, he said that his parents were and that may have affected how he was raised. I knew he was poor. He was from a poor family and poor his whole life until he got out of the army, married my grandma and had 2 children. It wasn’t until he was out of the service that he was making a steady income by doing road construction. That is why he spends this money the way he does today. He doesn’t want to be “without.” However according to Frederick Allen, the rich were the ones who were not really affected by the Great Depression, the poor were affected greatly and because my grandpa wasn’t rich, he was affected