Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-002-011
Larry Wohlwend served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 as a tractor mechanic. He had worked as a diesel mechanic prior to joining the Peace Corps. Wohlwend was assigned to the experiment station in Cochabamba where he was able to repair tractors that had been broken for a long time. He also introduced trench silos as a means of preserving hay. Wohlwend was impressed with the people he met in Bolivia and says that the Peace Corps was the best experience of his life. Interviewed and recorded by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, June 25, 2009. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).