Katherine Stannard World War II Interview

Katherine Stannard World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

Katherine Stannard worked at Douglas Aircraft in California for one summer during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Stannard talked about the war effort at home and her experiences during that time. Stannard was born on March 6, 1927, in Hawthorne, California. After the United States joined the war in 1941, several of her brothers joined the Navy and Merchant Marines. When she was sixteen, she spent a summer assembling wings on dive bombers for Douglas Aircraft. The following summer, she did timekeeping for a shipyard. After the war, Stannard went to Pepperdine University. Stannard passed away on May 2, 2019.

Stannard, Katherine

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

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Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society may also have interviews associated with this project. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/stannard-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=katherine-stannard&pid=192830524&fhid=24990

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

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Oral History

Stannard Interview

Hawthorne (Calif.)

1941 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Stannard, Katherine

Lawrence (Kan.)

VHS

0:50:09

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