Oral history interviews of the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project : The home front in western Minnesota, 1973-1980.

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Oral history interviews of the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project : The home front in western Minnesota, 1973-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191527416

This project chronicles the lives of those who lived through the era of World War II, primarily on the home front in western Minnesota. Some of the subjects discussed include the Great Depression years, the effect of the war on rural communities, involvement in the Rural Electrification Administration [REA], the draft and military service, increase in women's employment during the war, rationing and shortages, black market, war bond drives, health care and medical services during and after the war, economic prosperity during the war, general attitudes toward the war and President Franklin Roosevelt, patriotism, and post-war attitudes and adjustments, particularly feelings toward the Soviet Union and the readjustment of veterans to a post-war society.

Sound recordings : 19 sound cassettesTranscripts : 12 v. in 12 folders ; 28 cm.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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