Carl and Roy Wennerod

“I always knew what I wanted to be, from the time I was 8 years old, which was to be a tugboat captain.”

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Carl Wennerod interviewed by his son, Roy.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

Carl and Roy Wennerod

Interview transcript

R: Tell me a little bit about your heritage? Where your family comes from.

C: My family, as with so many Scandinavian families were Maritime people and when they came to this country my uncles bought a tugboat. was 8 years old the first time I stepped on the deck of a Tug boat and I felt that power. I always knew what I wanted to be from the time I was 8 years old which was to be a Tug boat Captain and I achieved that and retired off of the tugboats.

R: Everyone I know who knows you comments on your love of life. Can you attribute that love of life to any one individual or

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