| Title: |
Marion Reh Gurfein
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/799
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
When Marion Gurfein wrote to her husband Joe during his tours of duty in World War II and Korea, she sent him something more than letters. She created a mock newspaper, The Goofein Journal, which she hand-lettered on card stock. The Journal contained banner headlines, illustrations, photos, and "news" stories recording family events and a "social column" which kept track of their friends' whereabouts. Complementing Marion's view from the home front are Joe Gurfein's memoirs about his 26 years with the Army Corps of Engineers.
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00799/
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Gurfein, Marion Reh, 1920-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
New York, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Homemaker; Military wife
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Rouse, Sarah Dashiell
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; North America; South Korea; United States; Vietnam
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Families of military personnel; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans; Letters; Military service, Voluntary; North America; Oral history; South Korea; United States; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025844-27772
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