Danewood, Gary. 2. Interview for Friendly Invasion 2016.

• Main Author: Jarvis, Dale Gilbert
• Other Authors: Danewood, Gary; Danewood, Sharon
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Oral traditions; expressions and the written word; Danewood; Gary; Sharon; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_wn/id/2735

Oral interview with Gary Danewood, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis, recorded at the College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville. 0:00 - arriving and services in Stephenville; 0:35 - life before Stephenville, working on the bases, and first impressions; 2:55 - the Berlin Wall and refueling planes in September of 1961; 4:10 - daily life in Stephenville, on the base; 5:00 - The Airman's Club; 5:30 - Winter of '60-'61; 6:55 - 59 days with the Kitchen Police; 8:15 - bringing supplies in; 8:55 - visit from Johnny Cash and Bob Hope; 9:35 - getting married and discharge; 10:00 - air force ranking; 11:00 - teletyping technology; 11:55 - switching to computers; 12:25 - training for the air force; 13:20 - relaying codes, the cryptograph office, and security; 14:50 - moose on the runway; 15:30 - NCO's '57 Chevy destroyed by a moose; 16:00 - duration on the base; 16:50 - aircraft varieties: fighters, bombers, refueling; 18:20 - The Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis; 20:12 - shifting attitudes towards Cuba and Germany; 20:45 - Vietnam; 21:45 how Stephenville has changed; 22:30 - housing and working in the kitchen; 25:15 - Newfoundlanders on the base; 25:55 - different positions/ranks on the base; 26:22 - cameraderie; 26:47 loss of an F102 and death of two pilots on board; 27:45 - the mortuary 28:28 - the bowling league and squadron bowling team; 29:33 - Gary's children; 29:45 - Friendly Invasion 2016 and comehome celebrations generally; 30:40 - base closures; 31:20 - being away from his fiancée