Wade Pitrucha, Marine Corps veteran, November 2020
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Wade Pitrucha, Marine Corps veteran, November 2020
Description
Interviewee: Wade Pitrucha
Interviewer: Crystalina Peterson
Date of Interview: November 14, 2020.
Location of Interviewee: Barron, Wisconsin
Format: Video recording, Zoom
Transcriber: Crystalina Peterson
Additional Transcription Equipment used: Otter.ai
Project in association with: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Interviewer: Crystalina Peterson
Date of Interview: November 14, 2020.
Location of Interviewee: Barron, Wisconsin
Format: Video recording, Zoom
Transcriber: Crystalina Peterson
Additional Transcription Equipment used: Otter.ai
Project in association with: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Oral history transcript
Date
November 14, 2020
Creator
Crystalina Peterson
Contributor
Alexis Polencheck
Abstract
Wade Pitrucha, Marine Corps veteran and butcher, was raised in Texas and lived in California for several years, and currently works as a butcher and lives in Barron, Wisconsin. In this interview, Wade discusses the political and economic developments he has observed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wade gives an inside look at the COVID-19 meat shortage, and explains some of the causes, as well as the impacts on farmers and families. Wade also shares some of his personal experiences and frustrations with the local handling of the pandemic, and how he feels the federal government and the Trump administration has contributed to the massive spread of COVID-19 in the United States. In an entertaining and sometimes darkly humorous interview, Wade’s military experience and personal beliefs provide a unique and well-balanced view of the COVID-19 pandemic and modern American society.
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