Kiel, Frank and Ruth 2017-10-26

This interview features Frank and Ruth Kiel as they discuss Frank’s service as a military pathologist. The two describe what they did after Frank retired from the military, and all the traveling they have done over the years.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Frank and Ruth Kiel

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: October 26, 2017

Location: Comfort, Texas

Interviewer: David Marshall

Length: 01:20:27 (1 hour, 20 minutes)

Abstract

Returning from Germany, working for Health Services Command; Time spent in the army; later practicing medicine and law; Leaving private practice; serving in Saudi Arabia; Other major medical issues he encountered; Moving to Comfort, Texas; involvement with Pathologists Overseas; Training in Madagascar; Ruth volunteering at the Comfort Public Library; Ruth growing up as a preacher’s kid, museums

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace https://hdl.handle.net/10605/361856

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