Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
After her job ended at Army Ordnance, Charlotte went to work at Immigration and Naturalization. Her immediate boss was a lawyer whose task it was to send prostitutes back to the countries from which they had come. Charlotte took dictation and prepared the manuscripts that were used in the trials. ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
After graduation from high school, Charlotte moved to Yeadon to her grandmother’s home (see previous entry), and went to work at Army Ordnance in Philadelphia at Oregon Avenue and the riverfront, the Delaware River. Next door was the Publickers Distillery. Because of the odors from the distillery and from the river, ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
I visited my long-time friend Charlotte yesterday, hoping to get a World War II story from her. Aside from a delightful visit, I think I now have three stories. Today I’ll start with her early life in Frackville, Pennsylvania, in the coal region.
When Charlotte graduated from high school in 1943, ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Ann was the youngest of 13 children – 9 girls and 4 boys. Interestingly enough, none of her brothers served in the military during World War II. Being older than Ann, they were married with families.
Although Ann had a job already, she heard there was better money to be had ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Ed was one of four sons. All of them served in the military during World War II – one in the Navy, one in the Air Corps, and two in the Army. Ed was in the Army. Two served in the European Theater and two in the Pacific area.
Ed was ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Myrle was born and raised in the Logan section of Philadelphia. During the World War II years, she was living at home with her mother, father, her sister Claire and Claire’s baby. Her sister's husband, Lester, was overseas in the Air Force and had never seen his child.
Myrle recalls seeing ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Here is one more story from Writing the Siege of Leningrad: Women’s Diaries, Memoirs, and Documentary Prose by Simmons and Perlina. This is quoted directly from the entry of Vera Vladimirova Miliutina, entitled "Vitamins - or Ode to Grass" (See previous entries for this week for other accounts of the lives ...
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