Kenneth Dwayne Mcgaughey: A Youth In History
A Youth in History
Elisa M. Ybarbo
LeTourneau University
November 23, 2013
Bret Nelson
A Youth in History We live in a world of history, a history of past, history in the making, and a history not yet known. History has a way of affecting people’s lives though we often do not recognize it. Most of us do not come to the realization the daily lives we are living and the world surrounding us will one day be studied in history books. This is especially true for children. What youth often thinks, “One day, people will read about this in school”? For children who are born into a time of unease such as the Great Depression or World War II, this is extraordinarily true. Children born and growing up within difficult times simply assume the situation is a way of life; though they may hear elders speak of difficult times, they know no different life. I had the pleasure of interviewing a gentleman named Kenneth Dwayne McGaughey whose life’s story met this situation. Through stories of history, I will share some of this thoughts and memories with the connections to historical times and events.
Kenneth Dwayne McGaughey was born on the spring day of April 28, 1935. Unbeknownst to him, he was born in the middle of one of the hardest times in our nation’s history, The Great Depression. …show more content…
McGaughey what circumstances seemed like now versus when he was growing up. His reply was, “Well, my daughter is multi-millionaire and my son is an officer in a company making $130,000 a year. It just wasn’t heard of. I don’t know what that equates to. The process is kicked up another notch as opposed to back them when not much was available” (K. McGaughey, 2013). Kenneth worked his way through college after going into the Air Force and fighting in the Vietnam War to become a successful CPA. His life has been full of hard work and hard times, but to him, even though his youth was spent in some of the most historical challenging times, to him it was just simply
Elisa M. Ybarbo
LeTourneau University
November 23, 2013
Bret Nelson
A Youth in History We live in a world of history, a history of past, history in the making, and a history not yet known. History has a way of affecting people’s lives though we often do not recognize it. Most of us do not come to the realization the daily lives we are living and the world surrounding us will one day be studied in history books. This is especially true for children. What youth often thinks, “One day, people will read about this in school”? For children who are born into a time of unease such as the Great Depression or World War II, this is extraordinarily true. Children born and growing up within difficult times simply assume the situation is a way of life; though they may hear elders speak of difficult times, they know no different life. I had the pleasure of interviewing a gentleman named Kenneth Dwayne McGaughey whose life’s story met this situation. Through stories of history, I will share some of this thoughts and memories with the connections to historical times and events.
Kenneth Dwayne McGaughey was born on the spring day of April 28, 1935. Unbeknownst to him, he was born in the middle of one of the hardest times in our nation’s history, The Great Depression. …show more content…
McGaughey what circumstances seemed like now versus when he was growing up. His reply was, “Well, my daughter is multi-millionaire and my son is an officer in a company making $130,000 a year. It just wasn’t heard of. I don’t know what that equates to. The process is kicked up another notch as opposed to back them when not much was available” (K. McGaughey, 2013). Kenneth worked his way through college after going into the Air Force and fighting in the Vietnam War to become a successful CPA. His life has been full of hard work and hard times, but to him, even though his youth was spent in some of the most historical challenging times, to him it was just simply