Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2013-005
Jack Laun served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama from 1967 to 1969 on a community development project. He had already completed a law degree from Stanford when he applied to the Peace Corps. Laun was stationed in the very remote village of La Soledad, in Veraguas province, where he worked with impoverished farmers on a cooperative rice farming project. In the interview, Laun discusses some frustrating parts of his service such as the flooding rains and the inaction of the local government, as well as the joys of living among very kind people. Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, March 26, 2013. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).