Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry Smetzer can be contacted at jsmetzagcidnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: I don't remember... maybe 11
Cities you served in: Kandahar, Kabul, Herat, Ghazni, Chakansour, Kundoz
Arrival Year: 1968
Departure Year: 1969
Work Description: Cadastral Survey Advisor
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
Arrived March 1968, departed March 1970
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Got married to a Peace Corps volunteer assigned to WHO for small pox vaccinations in Afghanistan. Returned to Fairbanks, raised three children, lived and worked, divorced, still living and working.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Most important 15 months of my life.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Anybody who is interested in past, present, or future Afghanistan, and the middle east.
Any message for returned volunteers?:
It is time to speak up.
Originally posted: February 5, 2003
