| Title: |
Jerome Wszola
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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| Collection: |
Personal Oral History
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| Description: |
The following interview with Jerome Wszola, World War II Veteran and my grandfather, was taped over the phone on March 13, 1999. At the time, Mr. Wszola was enjoying the warm climate of Gulf Shores, Alabama with his wife Geraldine ... a far cry from the harsh Michigan winters found at their permanent home in Dearborn, Michigan. My goal was simple: to remove a person during 1999 peacetime and place him back into the chaotic, war weary years of World War II …
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| URL: |
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/Todd.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wszola, Jerome, 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
24-Jul-1926
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Detroit, MI; Michigan; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Construction worker; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1999
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| Interviewer: |
Fenton, Todd
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Michigan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Biography; Interviews; Local history; Michigan; Michigan--History; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--History; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029279-32412
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