Rhoda McManus being interviewed at the Sayville Library (Photo Credit: Chris Kretz)
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April 14 2019
In this interview, Rhoda describes life in her Queens neighborhood during World War II. These
memories include the large garden her family kept, canning activities during the wartime food
rationing, and seeing searchlights in the sky at night. She also relates singing songs in school
during air raid drills, the celebrations at the end of the war, and her experience seeing male
teachers returning to the classrooms.
memories include the large garden her family kept, canning activities during the wartime food
rationing, and seeing searchlights in the sky at night. She also relates singing songs in school
during air raid drills, the celebrations at the end of the war, and her experience seeing male
teachers returning to the classrooms.
Digital
26m 8s
Rhoda Kooperstein McManus, 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]Flushing, Queens, New York, United States, NA [40.76538,-73.81736] [id:5117472]Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States, NA [40.81677,-73.06622] [id:5125123]
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