Capt. A.Y. Parunak: Selected Audio Memoirs


For a biographical sketch, please see: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ayparunak.htm

Editor's Note:

These audio clips were taken from approximately five hours of audio which was recorded on five separate occasions between October 1st and October 15th, 2006. These files have not received the audio mastering they deserve, but are certainly more accessible than the original recordings. The first session lasted almost exactly one hour, the intermediate sessions were each about fifty minutes, and in the last session, my grandfather held forth for one and a half hours. Familiar hearers of his stories may notice a few factual errors and longer pauses (due to his declining health) than in previous tellings, but considering that these tales were told only 4 months prior to his passing, they show remarkable similarity to those stories which so many of us recall hearing around the table at Laurel Knoll.

Gene Parunak (Grandson) ~ Friday, March 16, 2007

Fort Leavenworth, KS
Nana Learns to Fly (8:07 - 11.1mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
Nana and the Tires (4:05 - 5.6mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
Nana Stays at Church (1:41 - 2.32mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)

Orlando, FL
The Orlando Apartment (2:31 - 3.46mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
How to Fly a B-24 (0:54 - 1.25mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)

Washington, DC
Politics in Washington (1:42 - 2.33mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
Passed Over (1:19 - 1.81mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)

Bikini Atoll
A-Bombs and Access (5:06 - 7.00mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
Howard Aiken's Class (6:35 - 9.04mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
Scientists, Shells, and Sand (5:50 - 8.02mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
The AMAZING Watchband (3:19 - 4.56mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)
The Last Plane Out (10:01 - 13.7mb - Rec. 10/1/2006)

Gibraltar/Morocco
Coming in on Radar (19:29 - 26.7mb - Rec. 10/5/2006)
Kidnapping Schultsie (15:34 - 21.3mb - Rec. 10/5/2006)
MADCATs (14:10 - 19.4mb - Rec. 10/9/2006)
Catching Flak (1:05 - 1.5mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)

Greenland/Parts North
A Tale of Two Paymasters (6:14 - 8.56mb - Rec. 10/5/2006)
Balchen, Byrd, Bennett, and Bert (15:02 - 20.6mb - Rec. 10/15/2006)
Defining Times (72:54 - 100mb - Rec. 10/15/2006)
DDLM (4:31 - 6.22mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)

Panama
The Panama Locks (2:47 - 3.83mb - Rec. 10/9/2006)
Fishing Gatun Lake (8:24 - 11.5mb - Rec. 10/9/2006)
Cadet Parunak in Panama (14:40 - 20.1mb - Rec. 10/9/2006)

Early Days
The Saloon (4:38 - 6.37mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
Bull in a Produce Shop (7:17 - 10.0mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
Nick and the Rope (2:20 - 3.22mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
NYPD (2:00 - 2.76mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
Shots and Saloons (2:50 - 3.89mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
School and Moonshine (1:58 - 2.71mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
More Fuzz (4:00 - 5.49mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)

Other
How to Speed in Japan (2:44 - 3.75mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)
Current Events (1:05 - 1.5mb - Rec. 10/12/2006)