Scope and Contents Yosh Golden, born at the Japanese relocation center at Manzanar, California during WWII, recalls the experiences of her parent's internment. She discusses her family background, relations with Caucasion Americans, ties to Japan before the war, causes of the war with Japan, internment of her family, their attitude toward imprisonment, seizure of the family's property, conditions at the camp, separation of family members, life after the war, and the racism directed against Japanese-Americans....

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Larry Smith, farmer, discusses the central Illinois rural community of Bismarck during WWII; German prisoners of war as farm laborers; family attitudes toward the war and the de-emphasis of their German heritage; rationing; victory celebrations; life on the homefront; war crimes trials; and family life and farming.

2 tapes, 155 mins., 45 pp. Interview by John Cockrell, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

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Judith Stephens discusses her childhood memories of WWII; emergency rationing, scrap drives, patriotism, and family members and friends involvement in the war.

2 tapes, 105 mins., 30 pp. Interview by John Cockrell, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

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Wanless discusses rural life in central Illinois during WWII: family and rural community in Pleasant Plains, work, war industries, rationing, soldiers stationed in Springfield, and personal observations.

1 tape, 90 mins., 26 pp. Interview by John Cockrell, 1981 OPEN See collateral file