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Interview No. 885, World War Ii Border Homefront
Interview No. 885, World War Ii Border Homefront
Combined Interviews
Topics presented and discussed by lectures and panelists include women's labor during the war; Mexican American women and the war, American's response to the Holocaust; the war in the lives of children; children on the homefront. Summary and Program included.
Interview No. 873, George Concha
Interview No. 873, George Concha
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; recollects active duty in Pacific Theater, including bombardment of Tarawa, central Pacific island, and battle of Okinawa; reflects on role models in Company E, the all-Hispanic unit from El Paso , 141st Regiment, 36thTexas Division.
Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke
Interview No. 814, Betty Seabrooke
Combined Interviews
Discusses experience as one of a group of El Paso women sent to San Antonio to learn hot to service aircraft during World War II; tells about her work at Biggs Field and El Paso Municipal Airport refueling planes; discusses social life during the war years especially dances held for servicemen at the service clubs at Ft. Bliss; describes personal encounter with Charles Lindburgh when he flew through El Paso.
Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins
Interview No. 815, Helen Wilkins
Combined Interviews
Part of World War II Project. El Paso Homefront; biographical information; recalls Fort Bliss payroll pick-up at El Paso National Bank with armed guards and sacks of money; discusses rationing and arrival of troop trains; recalls dances at Liberty Hall and Rec Hall with Big Bands such as Tommy Dorsey; reflects on POWs, Italian camp across the street from Washington Park and the German Camp at Fort Bliss.
Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda
Interview No. 813, Rosa Kondo Honda
Combined Interviews
Recalls her experiences as one of the few non- Mexicans enrolled at Bowie High School; social activities, economic conditions during the Great Depression; El Paso movie theaters; evidence of discrimination against Mexican by Anglos; reaction of Japanese community to bombing of Pearl Harbor; discusses confiscations of her U.S. identification card by U.S. officials during an attempt to cross the international border to visit her parents in El Paso; subsequent expulsion to Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese detainees; private Japanese school in Mexico city; Reflects on Japanese assimilation into Mexican society; views of the Mexican people.
Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele
Interview No. 805, Irvin Steele
Combined Interviews
Extensive discussions of role of Boy Scouts in civilian activities in El Paso; explains nature of Boys Scouts and her operation; recalls family's role in World War II; sentiments about return brothers from the War.
Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal
Interview No. 809, Alfred Blumenthal
Combined Interviews
Recalls immigration from Germany; early days in U.S.; acquisition of U.S. citizenship; enlistment in Army; stint as Army officer in El Paso and Pacific Theater during the War; discusses return from active duty abroad.
Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal
Interview No. 810, Francis Blumenthal
Combined Interviews
Recollects volunteer activity during World War II; experiences sentiments of having fiancee away during the War; social activities; Jewish community in El Paso; experiences as nursery aide; changing attitudes in El Paso after the War.
Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese
Interview No. 811, Freddie Lee Reese
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; discusses different schools attended in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; entertainment available to teenagers; memories of dining out in Juarez; work at Sears; U.S. Post Office; Biggs Army Airfield; POW's; recounts helping to entertain soldiers at William Beaumont Medical Center, changes in El Paso since the War.
Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez
Interview No. 806, Martha E. Sanchez
Combined Interviews
Mentions schools attended in El Paso; work in La Popular; experiences of her family during World War II; relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; overall feelings about the War.
Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez
Interview No. 807, Matilde Rodriguez
Combined Interviews
Discusses how she came to El Paso; Relationship between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; experiences of her husband in Germany during the World War II.
Interview No. 812, John Reese
Interview No. 812, John Reese
Combined Interviews
Discusses dental technician training in Denver; employment at Fort Bliss; church attendance; meeting with future wife; German and Italian POW's; duty on U.S.-Mexico international bridge giving kits to Juarez-bound soldiers; recounts names of fellow employees in clinic; guarding Christmas decorations.
Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero
Interview No. 801, Albert Lucero
Combined Interviews
Recounts life on the farm and experience of the World War II homefront; shares perceptions of the meaning of the war; feeling in the family regarding older siblings who were in the service; experience of rationing, attitudes toward a German family in the area; Discusses the POW camp established in Anthony, Texas to provide labor for cotton farms.
Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha
Interview No. 803, Cecilia Concha
Combined Interviews
Family background; memories of World War II years while high school student at St. Joseph's Academy in El Paso; Pearl Harbor; employment in El Paso during and after the war; serviceman brother's returning on leave; reactions in El Paso when war was over; rationing, avoiding rationing by shopping in Juarez; discrimination towards Hispanics by local businesses.
Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner
Interview No. 808, Alfred Ratner
Combined Interviews
Recollects working experiences with various El Paso department stores including The White House, Myron's, and Franklin's; discusses activities of the Office of the Price Administration (OPA); Italian POW's interned at Fort Bliss; rationing; business climate in El Paso during the War.
Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie
Interview No. 804, Tommie Gillespie
Combined Interviews
Recalls nursing and nursing training during WWII; El Paso health care facilities including Providence Hospital, Hotel Dieu, Southwestern General Hospital, and William Beaumont Hospital; discusses bond drives; involvement in Civilian Defense and other homefront activities; El Paso physicians and the medical profession in general.
Interview No. 882, Ewing C. Waterhouse
Interview No. 882, Ewing C. Waterhouse
Combined Interviews
Part of World War II: El Paso Homefront Project; discusses architectural work and day-to-day maintenance performed at Fort Bliss, Logan Heights, and Biggs Field.
Interview No. 883, Roger S. Mccabe
Interview No. 883, Roger S. Mccabe
Combined Interviews
Part of WWII El Paso Homefront Project; remembers joining Illinois National Guard; active duty at Fort Bliss; training; activity at Fort Bliss after bombing of Pearl Harbor; overseas duty.
Interview No. 802, Rosa Martínez
Interview No. 802, Rosa Martínez
Combined Interviews
Recalls early childhood in El Paso; schools attended; work in the Immigration Office; work as a translator in the Censorship Department; entertainment after work; recounts attitude of neighborhood toward war; overall feelings about the War.