Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-056-005
Thomas D. (Tom) Hansis served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras from 1969 to 1971 on a rural community development project. Prior to the Peace Corps, he had completed a degree in Latin American studies. Hansis trained first at Camp Crozier outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico, followed by another month of agricultural studies in-country at Choluteca, Honduras. He was stationed in Catacamas but his role with the local agricultural colony never really developed. After a year, Hansis requested reassignment and moved to the capital city of Tegucigalpa to work with the national cooperative development agency. He also discusses a brief war between Honduras and El Salvador that broke out two months after he arrived in the country. After his service, Hansis worked as a Peace Corps trainer in Puerto Rico for six months. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, July 30, 2005. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).