Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-080
Gail B. Gall served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras from 1969 to 1971 on a public health project. She had requested a location in Latin America where she could learn Spanish, having previously studied Latin and French in middle school. Gall began her training in Puerto Rico at Camp Crozier where she received intensive language training using aural methods only (no written content). Her first assignment in Honduras was as a teacher in a nursing program in San Pedro Sula, where sanitary conditions including poor water quality made patient care difficult. Duke University doctors also worked at this site helping children with cleft lips and palate. After a year, Gall transferred to work with the Catholic relief agency Caritas. After returning to the U.S., she continued to work with Spanish speakers in the Boston area. Her Peace Corps training group still gets together every five years. Interviewed and recorded by Judith Madden-Sturges, April 24, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file). Note: In the introduction, Gall's end of service date was mistakenly read as 1991 instead of 1971.