Interviewer(s): A. Anand. Houma, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Mr. Lloyd Gaudet was referred to me by Fr. Freddie Decal of St. Gregory's. When I called, I spoke only to Mrs. Gaudet, who set up the interview. The Gaudets live very close to the center of town. I knocked on the front door and waited a while before going round to the side door, where I was let in after knocking twice. Mrs. Gaudet watched TV in the living room, while Mr. Lloyd and I went to the dining table in the kitchen. Mr. Lloyd was not very loquacious, and I had a hard time getting him to talk.

Lloyd was born in 1923 in Lafourche Parish. He was drafted into the Army and served in Europe during WWII. He returned home to work as a deckhand on a boat for Texaco. He was laid off and went to work as a cook on a patrol boat, a job he held for some 30 years with Louisiana Land and Exploration.