Dot Foster and Anne Montague at a Rosie the Riveter event (Courtesy of Anne Montague)
NHF_TPS_2016_Foster_Dorothy
June 25 2016
In this interview, Dot speaks about her family history and her childhood in England attending
primary school. She discusses her job in a gun factory and her brother’s experiences as a
survivor of the HMS Hood, one of the most infamous British naval disasters of the war. Dot
shares her memories of rationing, hardship, and her mother’s chance reunification with her long-lost brother. She speaks further about the differences between her wartime memories of fear and bombing in the United Kingdom, and her post-war experiences in the United States. Dot ends the interview by advising people today to keep their humor.
primary school. She discusses her job in a gun factory and her brother’s experiences as a
survivor of the HMS Hood, one of the most infamous British naval disasters of the war. Dot
shares her memories of rationing, hardship, and her mother’s chance reunification with her long-lost brother. She speaks further about the differences between her wartime memories of fear and bombing in the United Kingdom, and her post-war experiences in the United States. Dot ends the interview by advising people today to keep their humor.
Digital
1h 26m 41s
Dorothy "Dot" Foster, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Anne Montague, Anna Hess, and June Robbins through Thanks! Plain and Simple for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Culloden, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, NA [38.42009,-82.05542] [id:4803451]Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, EU [53.48095,-2.23743] [id:2643123]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--Great Britain--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, English
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--Great Britain--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, English
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain