Oral history interview with Elsie J. (Kramolis) Lajcak [sound recording], 2000.

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Oral history interview with Elsie J. (Kramolis) Lajcak [sound recording], 2000.

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Elsie Lajcak, née Kramolis, a Moquah, Wisconsin native, discusses her service as a truck driver with the women Marines during World War II.

Sound recording : 2 sound cassettes (ca. 80 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Videorecording : 1 videocassette (ca. 80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 80 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 31 p.

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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