NHF_FGCU_2018_Moffat_Madelyn
Florida Gulf Coast University
march 3 2018
In this interview, Madelyn recalls hearing ships being torpedoed in Pubnico Harbour. She and
her friends rescued items like flour, cotton, cigarettes, and Hershey’s chocolate bars from the
water. She also remembers hunting and fishing as the family “tomboy” and dreaming of moving to the United States.
her friends rescued items like flour, cotton, cigarettes, and Hershey’s chocolate bars from the
water. She also remembers hunting and fishing as the family “tomboy” and dreaming of moving to the United States.
Digital
27m 39s
Madelyn Moffat, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Kelsey Sinclair through Florida Gulf Coast University for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States, NA [26.62168,-81.84059] [id:4155995]Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada, NA [43.70016,-65.78215] [id:6113931]Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, NA [42.35843,-71.05977] [id:4930956]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Florida Gulf Coast University
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States
Florida Gulf Coast University
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States