During the first decade of the U.S Peace Corps, established by President JF Kennedy, PC held its first in-country training in the U.S. Trust Territory of Micronesia.. Micro V was trained on the island of Udot in the Truk/Chuuk lagoon after staging in California. 207 trainees began training with 140 becoming volunteers. They were English teachers (TESL), communication experts and secretaries. Training included: Language, Area Studies, Community Development, Health, PE, Swimming, & TESL. Trainers were Experienced PC Volunteers, Language and Culture informants, Area experts, PC doctors and nurses, District leaders & Educators..

During the last month of training, TESL trainees student taught ESL (English as a Second Language) on neighboring islands. PC Trainees Kit & Greg Porter went to the island of Wonei twice; one week starting Aug 6 and another week starting Aug 20.. They lived with a Trukeese family, shared food and songs, taught in a thatch built school, explored Japanese ruins, swam to the neighboring village of Pata, explored more caves and ruins and returned by canoe.

There are three other YouTube stories about the experiences of Kit and Greg Porter during Micro V training, summer of 1967. Complete content is in digitized audio tapes: kit070, P6-16, kit037A, kit038, kit075, kit039, kit039B. These may be available in the future. Original song, photos and photos of books are from the KPV Collection.

Photos are used from:
Box 20C: “SCHOOL WAS NEVER LIKE THIS BEFORE” by P.F. Kluge & photographs Norman Shapiro MICRONESIAN REPORTER 1968 VOL 16 NO 3, pages 14 thru 19 .
Box 9: ORAL ENGLISH by G.M. Tate, Islands Education Division, Dept of Ed, Wellington, 1967, pages 24, 33, & 43.
Box 10: ATLAS OF MICRONESIA FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (no other information--possibly Trust Territory Printing Office 1960s) pages.cover, 86 & 91

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