Narrator Marie McLaughlin with interviewer Chris Kretz (Photo Credit: Stephanie DiChiara)
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June 22 2019
In this interview, Marie relates life on her Brooklyn block during the war years. She describes
her neighbors and group activities, such as making bandages for the Red Cross and decorating houses. Marie also remembers neighbors bringing Italian prisoners of war over from New Jersey for weekend visits. She further recounts the challenges of food rationing and air raid drills during World War II.
her neighbors and group activities, such as making bandages for the Red Cross and decorating houses. Marie also remembers neighbors bringing Italian prisoners of war over from New Jersey for weekend visits. She further recounts the challenges of food rationing and air raid drills during World War II.
Digital
53m 28s
Marie Zanoni McLaughlin, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Chris Kretz through The Long Island Home Front Project for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States, NA [40.73593,-73.08206] [id:5136421]Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, NA [40.6501,-73.94958] [id:5110302]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States