Dear Sir,
My name is Xavier Theros, and I’m a journalist for the newspaper El País (Spain). I’m nowadays working on a book about the visits of the VI Navy of United States on Barcelona’s Port between 1951 and 1987. I contacted the USA Consulate in Barcelona and they were as kind as to give me your address.
I’m writing you to ask for your help. I beg you to communicate the goal of my project to your associated, specially the veterans of the Navy that came to Barcelona, in order to gather their experiences and impressions.
I’m most interested in subjects as:
- The living on board.
- First impressions of Barcelona city (landscapes, people, foot, etc.)
- What they did on their leisure time.
- The establishments were they use to go (dancings, bars, places to eat, etc.)
- The rapport with the natives (men and women).
- Datings and weddings.
- Places where they could dress as civilian (places as the Looker Club o the USO Fleet, or hotels.)
- Trips out of town.
- Personal anecdotes.
- Do they still maintain some kind of contact with the city?
I should be happy to supply any information that you may need, and very grateful for your collaboration.
Yours sincerely
Xavier Theros