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Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Donald Marinkovich (Supplied title)
Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Donald Marinkovich was born in 1924 in Minnesota. He is one of eight children of Croatian immigrant parents. He received a draft notice in 1943 but was classified as medically deferred. This prevented his admission in military service and he worked for the Oliver Mining Company first as a brakeman and then as a motorman. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Being drafted for the Army; the physical training in Minneapolis; medically deferred status that prevented him from being admitted into the Army; working for the Oliver Mining Company and getting more overtime after the war; his reaction to the war; the pressure he put on himself for not being able to participate in the war.
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Holding Type: Oral History - Interview
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Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 32 pages transcript
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