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Frederick "Fred" Seitz Oral History Interview

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  • Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
    Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
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Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
Photograph of Fred and his father at Camp Smith in 1942 (Courtesy of Fred Seitz)
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National Home Front Project
The Long Island Home Front
January 20 2020
In this interview, Fred discusses life in Queens Village during the war years, including the 
Victory Gardens grown on his block and the air raid drills at school. He also describes 
witnessing the collision of two Army transport planes above his neighborhood. Fred further 
reflects on visiting a captured German submarine moored in the Hudson and seeing the wreck of the S.S. Normandie.
Digital
32m 31s
Frederick "Fred" Seitz, 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]Glendale, Queens, New York, United States, NA [40.70149,-73.8868] [id:5118670]New York, New York, United States, NA [40.71427,-74.00597] [id:5128581]
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