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Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I (Supplied title)

Description: This project chronicles the lives of Minnesota men and women through the World War II years. The emphasis is on the experiences of veterans, people outside the military, and ethnic minorities. Some of the subjects discussed by the interviewees include the increase in employment of women; bond drives and rationing; celebration of V-J [Victory in Japan] Day; the draft; effects of the Great Depression; reactions to the war; changes after the attack on Pearl Harbor; raising children during times of shortages; experience as a soldier in training camp; being wounded in battle and physical rehabilitation; the role of religion; segregation, discrimination and racism; prisoner of war [POW] camps; life in Japan during the war; experience as a minority; hospital care for servicemen; writing letters to men at war; impact of President Franklin Roosevelt's death; reaction to the atomic bomb; economic conditions during the war; being liberated; post-traumatic stress syndrome; and life after the war.

Dates

  • 2001 - 2003 (Creation)

Interviews

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 112
  • Accession Number: AV2006.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 62.7 hours sound cassette 1,139 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Subjects

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