Journal+5

Interview information I want to use: -Feelings while on the guard tower. "I should be able to protect them. I should be able to intervene and insure their safety. I had restrictions. I had to follow and respect them." -The situation Czechoslovakia was in. "They were desperate to get out of the hell of their own country." -Change of outlook. "It influenced how easily conflicts can cost people their lives." -Details about the iron curtain and set-up of the border.

-Range of event in "loss of innocence." " It was the topping on my adulthood. It made me see a different aspect of war. Watching a person get killed is something that opens your eyes pretty quick."
-Personality change: "It changed the way I looked at death and how fragile life is. If anything it made me more cautious about life. Also, empathetic." -How the event fits into life: "It changed the way I was, although with age I have gotten farther from the situation. It doesn’t pay to dwell on something you can’t control.” Some of the men had nightmares for a long time. "I just took it how it was, letting it mold me into the person I am today."

Interview information I might use: -Actions on the guard tower. -Personality before the event

Information I most likely will not use: -Details about BC scopes -Details about guns and rifles that were carried. -Comparable to any other situations.

Citation: Spoon, Barry. Personal interview. 16, March. 2011.