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=**History Jerry L. Loeb - US Air Force 345th Troop Carrier SQ 201st Red Horse Served in Vietnam, Restore Democracy, Afghanistan.**=

25 Questions


 * 1) When were you born?
 * 2) Where were you born?
 * 3) Did the area you grew up in help you choose to join the air force?
 * 4) How old were you when you entered the service?
 * 5) What were you reasons for joining the military?
 * 6) What exactly did you do in the service? (your job).
 * 7) Who were your parents?
 * 8) How did they feel about your choice to join the air force?
 * 9) Did anyone you know try to convince you otherwise?
 * 10) Was any of your family involved in the military or anything of that matter?
 * 11) What did you do before entering the service?
 * 12) How did you feel when you were first told you were going to Vietnam?
 * 13) How about Afghanistan?
 * 14) What wars did you serve in?
 * 15) Can you please explain to us a typical day in Vietnam or Afghanistan?
 * 16) What did you do when you weren't on duty?
 * 17) Did you have to have any special training for that job?
 * 18) What was basic training like?
 * 19) What did you do in the 201st Red Horse Division?
 * 20) What did the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron do?
 * 21) How long did you serve for?
 * 22) Were any of your close friends injured in battle?
 * 23) Were you ever injured?
 * 24) Did you stay in touch with family and friends from home during your time at war?
 * 25) What was it like coming home?
 * 26) Did you contact any of the friends you made while at war when you got home?
 * 27) Did you receive any metals or things of that sort and can you please tell us about a few of them if you did?
 * 28) What was your highest rank and what did you do at that rank?
 * 29) How did the war affect your life?
 * 30) How did the war affect to lives of people you lived with and were around?
 * 31) How has your life changed since you came home?
 * 32) Did anything change drastically while you were away at Vietnam?
 * 33) Did anything change drastically while you were away at Afghanistan?
 * 34) Did you win any awards or things of that matter?
 * 35) Do you do anything now that involves the air force or keeping up with the present day wars?

=Interview Tips=

Sequence of Questions

 * 1) **Get the respondents involved in the interview as soon as possible.**
 * 2) **Before asking about controversial matters (such as feelings and conclusions), first ask about some facts.** With this approach, respondents can more easily engage in the interview before warming up to more personal matters.
 * 3) **Intersperse fact-based questions throughout the interview** to avoid long lists of fact-based questions, which tends to leave respondents disengaged.
 * 4) **Ask questions about the present before questions about the past or future.** It's usually easier for them to talk about the present and then work into the past or future.
 * 5) **The last questions might be to allow respondents to provide any other information they prefer to add and their impressions of the interview.**



Wording of Questions

 * 1) **Wording should be open-ended.** Respondents should be able to choose their own terms when answering questions.
 * 2) **Questions should be as neutral as possible.** Avoid wording that might influence answers, e.g., evocative, judgmental wording.
 * 3) **Questions should be asked one at a time.**
 * 4) **Questions should be worded clearly.** This includes knowing any terms particular to the program or the respondents' culture.
 * 5) **Be careful asking "why" questions.** This type of question infers a cause-effect relationship that may not truly exist. These questions may also cause respondents to feel defensive, e.g., that they have to justify their response, which may inhibit their responses to this and future questions.

Conducting Interview

 * 1) **Occasionally verify the tape recorder (if used) is working.**
 * 2) **Ask one question at a time.**
 * 3) **Attempt to remain as neutral as possible.** That is, don't show strong emotional reactions to their responses. Patton suggests to act as if "you've heard it all before."
 * 4) **Encourage responses** with occasional nods of the head, "uh huh"s, etc.
 * 5) **Be careful about the appearance when note taking.** That is, if you jump to take a note, it may appear as if you're surprised or very pleased about an answer, which may influence answers to future questions.
 * 6) **Provide transition between major topics**, e.g., "we've been talking about (some topic) and now I'd like to move on to (another topic)."
 * 7) **Don't lose control of the interview.** This can occur when respondents stray to another topic, take so long to answer a question that times begins to run out, or even begin asking questions to the interviewer.

Immediately After Interview
Work Cited: Carter, McNamara. General Guidelines for Conducting Interviews. 2008 Authenticity Consulting, LLC. <http://managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htm>. = =
 * 1) **Verify if the tape recorder, if used, worked throughout the interview.**
 * 2) **Make any notes on your written notes,** e.g., to clarify any scratchings, ensure pages are numbered, fill out any notes that don't make senses, etc.
 * 3) **Write down any observations made during the interview.** For example, where did the interview occur and when, was the respondent particularly nervous at any time? Were there any surprises during the interview? Did the tape recorder break?