NHF_WC_2016_Martin_Jane
2016 June 21
Jane Martin was a child growing up in West Virginia during The War. She talks about how the main railroad ran through her town and gave her the opportunity to experience propaganda in person from famous actors/actresses and Franklin Delano Roosevelt coming through her town imploring the citizens to buy war bonds and stamps. She is able to remember the shortages of supplies during the war and different materials that were rationed for the war effort, specifically shoes. In this discussion Jane told us that her father ran the Victory Garden for her whole town and made sure that her family was supplied with all the vegetables that they needed. She briefly talked about her experience in elementary school during the war and the tin drive that she was most involved with. She positively talks about Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Programs that he put I place, such as the GI-Bill. She reminisces on the News Reels at the movies and the different radio programs that she would listen to, including FDR’s Fireside Chats every Sunday. Lastly, she briefly touches upon the emotional impact on the family after her older cousin was sent to war.
Digital
English
1h 7m 28s
Jane Martin, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Teddy Connell and Rachel Treglia for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American