Description
Donald Progulske recalls his early childhood in Massachusetts, his early career as a machinist tool maker and his desire to join his brothers in the service during World War II. He describes his officers training program at Harvard and his subsequent assignment to Port Chicago in 1945. He briefly describes his time at Port Chicago and the end of the war, and then his return to college under the GI bill. He recounts his path to the PhD in forestry and wildlife and his subsequent career as a professor. He offers views on the public’s evolving views on the environment and race relations.