Thomas Wakefield interview conducted by Christopher Sims, 2017-09-29
Wakefield, Thomas,
1941-
interviewee
Sims, Christopher
(Photographer),
interviewer
Occupational Folklife Project,
sponsor
sound recording-nonmusical
spoken word
still image
Sound recordings.
Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives.
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2017
monographic
2017-09-29
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1 sound recording (wav) (01:02:22) : digital, wav.
1 photograph : digital, jpg, color.
1 manuscript : pdf, text file.
Tommy Wakefield talks about his work as a role-player at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, where members of the military are exposed to a pretend country replicating conditions overseas where they will be deployed. Discusses his earlier work in Leesville/Fort Polk in a post office. Wakefield talks about supervising other role-players, animals used in training scenarios, and how buildings in the training areas were constructed.
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Recorded at the interviewer's hotel, Leesville, Louisiana, September 29, 2017.
Training the Troops: Military Role-Players of Fort Polk, Louisiana: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/019: 04580) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
In English.
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Wakefield, Thomas,
1941-
Interviews
Humor in the workplace
Job satisfaction
Post-retirement employment
Military training camps
Louisiana
Fort Polk
Role playing
Fort Polk (La.)
Social life and customs
United States
Armed Forces
Civilian employees
Interviews
Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2017019.afc2017019_04580_sr01
Training the Troops: Military Role-Players of Fort Polk, Louisiana: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018
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AFC 2017/019: 04580
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