Douglass "Doug" Gates Oral History Interview

In this interview, Douglas Gates tells stories of neighbors hording supplies, improvised electricity, taking in female defense workers, rationing, and what children were doing during WWII. Douglas Gates was only five years old and lived in Wilmington, Delaware when the United States entered World War Two. In his interview Doug Gates gives a glimpse into what it was like to be a child during World War Two. His uncle was drafted and his family took in female defense workers while he played war games and wanted to be a solider.