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Overview of WWII
Annotated Bibliography WWII
Brief Biographies of Narrators
When and why did you join the military and what branch? Tell me about your different experiences in the very beginning.
What was a typical day like for you at your job or assignment?
Describe one of your best experiences during your time in military service. What was one of your worst experiences?
What was the most difficult time for you during your service? Did you feel pressure or stress? How did people entertain themselves?
How were women treated by male soldiers or military personnel? Did you ever experience or see harassment based on gender (either in the military or outside the military)?
From your perspective, what were some of the major differences between the Second World War and the Vietnam War?
How did you feel about the effects of the war in which you served on Americans in the military? How did you feel about the effects of the war on non-Americans?
How long did you serve in the military? What rank did you obtain?
What was life like for you after the war ended?
Did you make lots of friends while you were in the military?
What did you do after you left the service? Were you able to benefit from the G.I. Bill?
Did your service and experiences change you in any way?
How do you feel about women serving in the military today? Do you feel that women's opportunities in the military have changed?
Is there anything else you would like to add that we have not covered in this interview?
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How did you feel about the effects of the war in which you served on Americans in the military? How did you feel about the effects of the war on non-Americans?
 
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Narrator: Eileen Guthrie Black
Interviewer Brittany Marlow
EB: One thing about that Second World War that impressed me was that colored people had more opportunities than they had before in the military. The GI Bill of Rights and the opportunities for schooling that came after that impressed me. The Marshall Plan I thought was wonderful. It was a whole lot better than what happened to the Germans after the First World War. It sounded like the country was growing up a little bit.
BM: So the effect on Americans was positive?
EB: I would say so.
BM: Okay, how do you feel about the effects on the war on non-Americans?
EB: Well for awhile everybody loved us; they seem to have forgotten that now, but in the places back then people would go on accepting whatever we would give them.
Narrator: Betty Nichepor
Interviewer: Rynae Wiggins
BN: Well, I think so many times the young men came back; they were not treated very well. There was a terrible time where the government was trying to take care of them and a lot of them came back with mental cases that needed help because they were under stress; they didn't know when they would get shot or killed or whatever might happen. But I don't think the government stood by them the way they should have, as they haven't today in time behind our veterans, any of them. I think there's a lot of times that they were lost. They had no jobs, no one would hire them, they all were good working men at the time, but when they got back they didn't get the right respect.
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Eileen Guthrie Black in 2005
Location of Japanese Kamikazies
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