Oral history interviews of the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project. 2005-2008.

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Oral history interviews of the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project. 2005-2008.

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This project chronicles the lives of Minnesota men and women through the World War II years. The interviews include the perspectives of war veterans, Japanese-Americans, German citizens, business leaders, and minorities. Some of the subjects discussed include life in wartime Japan; Pearl Harbor; the dropping of the atomic bombs; joining the armed forces; experiences at basic training; postwar life; the real estate market after World War II; childhood activities; growing up during the Great Depression; life in wartime Germany; differences in the war effort between men and women; the GI Bill; the Army Occupation of Europe; reorientation into civilian life; economy of postwar Germany; the Army Occupation of Japan; postwar business ventures; relationships between Japanese and Americans; relationships between Germans and Americans; and the Korean War. Interviewed by Douglas Bekke, James E. Fogerty and Kevin Rofidal.

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Minnesota Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648288

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Kuhrmeyer, Carl A., (Carl Albert), 1928-

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Fogerty, James E., 1945-

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Polich, Rivert M. Sr., interviewee.

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Williams, Donald C., 1962-

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Dittman, Reidar, interviewee.

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Erickson, Robert, interviewee.

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Midthun, Norman, interviewee.

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Menk, Martin C., Jr., interviewee.

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Bekke, Douglas, interviewer.

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Schmaltz, Otto E., interviewee.

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Hinchliff, John James, 1805-1875

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Lorentzsen, Norman Martin, 1916-

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Brisley, William N., interviewee.

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Freeman, Jane, interviewee.

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Brisley, Charlotte, interviewee.

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Davis, Stanley M.

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Frederick, Donald S., interviewee.

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Sworsky, Edmond, interviewee.

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Hopson, Vernon, interviewee.

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Ingle, Richard K., interviewee.

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Amdahl, Orval H., interviewee.

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Lieder, Bernard, interviewee.

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Lehr, Lewis W., interviewee.

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Platou, Carl N., interviewee.

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Epperson, Conway, interviewee.

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Foster, Bartley, M., interviewee.

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Anderson, Arthur E., Jr.

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Murphy, Margery, interviewee.

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Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Borgwarth, Gisela, interviewee.

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Teragawa, Robert Nobuo, interviewee.

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Rofidal, Kevin, interviewer.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Schmaltz, Martha Kufner, interviewee.

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Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project.

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For biographical information see individual description sheets in the oral history notebooks. Thousands of Minnesotans lived through the era of World War II. Many served their country through direct participation in the armed forces. Others contributed to the nation's war effort through work in war-related industries. And still others remember the reality of life during wartime, from the rationing of everything from sugar to gasoline, to the scarcity of items like home a...

Sylvestre, Gene (E. Eugene), interviewee.

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Legg, John W., interviewee.

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Pusch, Joachim Friedrich, interviewee.

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Borgwarth, Hanspeter, interviewee.

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Irrgang, Lyman C., interviewee.

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Nyrop, Donald W. (Donald William), 1912-2010

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Lindman, Stuart A., interviewee.

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Hueg, Hella Mears, interviewee.

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Akimoto, Nobuhiko J., interviewee.

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