1 00:00:10,75 --> 00:00:12,38 My name is Richard Rose and I am 2 00:00:12,39 --> 00:00:18,25 a past president of the Historical Society serving Tarrytown in Sleepy Hollow and I 3 00:00:18,26 --> 00:00:23,51 want to welcome you to the next segment of living history today I have the 4 00:00:23,52 --> 00:00:26,04 privilege of chatting with Chick Gullah 5 00:00:26,67 --> 00:00:32,99 a lifelong resident of Sleepy Hollow North Tarrytown when she was born he's 6 00:00:33,00 --> 00:00:37,30 important to us today because we're going to talk about World War 2 and the impact 7 00:00:37,31 --> 00:00:42,46 that has had upon his life and what he sees the impact has been upon 8 00:00:42,47 --> 00:00:49,18 a country chick Where were you when December 7th 1941 I was I'd taken 9 00:00:49,19 --> 00:00:55,69 failed to survey 7941 which is why. I was stationed at Signal Corps. 10 00:00:57,37 --> 00:01:03,17 A good bit of background we had have suspects in. 6. 11 00:01:04,73 --> 00:01:09,89 To 10 it came with white gloves and checked our equipment checked my clothes were 12 00:01:09,90 --> 00:01:11,84 properly stored properly in 13 00:01:11,85 --> 00:01:17,65 a room for locker in the white gloves rechecks my bed dividers no dust or no dirt 14 00:01:18,42 --> 00:01:18,87 and I got 15 00:01:18,88 --> 00:01:25,35 a pair to go downtown not to perception. And I was very very good for to go down to 16 00:01:25,36 --> 00:01:25,50 have 17 00:01:25,51 --> 00:01:31,74 a little because I have been down there are several several months. So anyway I get 18 00:01:31,75 --> 00:01:37,85 up and do some written very early we could break which is 7 o'clock or I get up at 19 00:01:37,86 --> 00:01:44,42 7637 o'clock went to the mess hall had breakfast. To break which I got 20 00:01:44,43 --> 00:01:49,22 a hunger strike bowler to read about sports pages back in town but all of us. 21 00:01:51,34 --> 00:01:58,28 All of her warm warm. Black smoke coming out of parole. And I looked 22 00:01:58,29 --> 00:02:03,40 up and there was the word circus of Japanese planes flying overhead there were so 23 00:02:03,41 --> 00:02:10,01 remote you could just as low of the trees it happened about 755 that morning went 24 00:02:10,02 --> 00:02:16,72 through your mind. Were being attacked we have and the bond would floating around 25 00:02:16,73 --> 00:02:20,62 he can feel the hit me airport and are given I did John 26 00:02:20,63 --> 00:02:24,05 a rant we born and raised here big man Ave He was 27 00:02:24,06 --> 00:02:28,44 a friend of mine we should go down together and we were going to run or cross to 28 00:02:28,54 --> 00:02:35,47 the right ground he went one way and I won another way and I was so scared that I 29 00:02:35,48 --> 00:02:40,44 would think about what back to the border pool got or equipment out we let taken 30 00:02:40,45 --> 00:02:46,35 field and we would be stationed in the volcano during the attack because if we 31 00:02:46,36 --> 00:02:51,03 didn't know exactly if they come with a lead big force or not we were in 32 00:02:51,04 --> 00:02:57,95 a volcano for about maybe 2 to 3 weeks if I can remember. So you were not 33 00:02:57,96 --> 00:03:03,39 injured during this attack or was it not or most of the injuries as many of us 34 00:03:03,40 --> 00:03:09,80 think in the harbor on the ships and parole to smoke is that I saw with the wood 35 00:03:09,81 --> 00:03:13,80 coming in with the boat and everything bring him into the hospital to John Moran 36 00:03:13,81 --> 00:03:14,04 who was 37 00:03:14,05 --> 00:03:20,62 a friend of mine lived in big new here no Tarrytown and. We came back from we came 38 00:03:20,63 --> 00:03:23,77 back from. Get back to he can feel 39 00:03:23,78 --> 00:03:29,31 a sense everybody's he my friend John versus you get killed that day and. 40 00:03:30,93 --> 00:03:35,26 That's really a tragic ending to our friendship and I have 41 00:03:36,54 --> 00:03:40,28 a part named after him. Originally and d.n.a. 42 00:03:40,29 --> 00:03:45,67 And a big win so that's a great momentum for him and I and I know her and landing 43 00:03:45,68 --> 00:03:51,71 a beautiful spot Hudson River absolutely beautiful Now what happened next. If they 44 00:03:51,72 --> 00:03:56,12 are that we came back to hate and fear we would because of devastation we have to 45 00:03:56,13 --> 00:04:02,61 clean up everything get ready. For the fall for the war we could 46 00:04:03,39 --> 00:04:06,73 declared war on 2 separate reform a company became 47 00:04:06,74 --> 00:04:13,29 a battalion they took our cadre. Of our personnel and communications and took 48 00:04:13,30 --> 00:04:15,98 draftees and taught to have alignment house 49 00:04:15,99 --> 00:04:21,06 a place cables and doing communications work I being 50 00:04:21,07 --> 00:04:27,75 a high school grade it was ridiculous Oh you graduated high school. Oh you can read 51 00:04:28,04 --> 00:04:32,43 very well big you know you don't you'll be surprised how many people were drafted 52 00:04:32,44 --> 00:04:36,75 could write domain now you were not drafted correct that draft 53 00:04:36,76 --> 00:04:42,32 a regular army to join your army in 1940 I believe it or why the 94 year was not 54 00:04:42,33 --> 00:04:48,87 working right. Now as you look back on this event. What kind of an 55 00:04:48,88 --> 00:04:55,86 impact do you think this had upon you. Well the impact I mean is that when 56 00:04:55,87 --> 00:05:00,68 everybody becomes one person when you're in New York media everybody having each 57 00:05:00,69 --> 00:05:04,86 other and this what I learned from them because we come from and we've become 58 00:05:04,87 --> 00:05:09,92 family what you do for me I do for you because we're all trying to help each other 59 00:05:09,93 --> 00:05:10,46 because it's 60 00:05:10,47 --> 00:05:17,38 a fact if if you can get to know one so so well and no 61 00:05:17,39 --> 00:05:21,50 one's left behind is what we say we would we come 62 00:05:21,51 --> 00:05:24,95 a real real friendship with you with your army person.