Frances Hill World War II Interview

Frances Hill World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

United States -- History -- 1933-1945.

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

Frances Hill lived in Kansas during the Second World War. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on June 14, 2006, Hill talked about her experiences during and after the war years. Hill was born on June 16, 1918, in Chapman, Kansas. After graduating high school in 1936, she attended Kansas State University. She then became a teacher. Hill’s husband, Sam, served as an Officer and First Lieutenant in the Army. He received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, before shipping out to the European theater. He spent time in Belgium, Germany, and France before returning home in 1942. Frances and Sam married once he returned.

Hill, Frances

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-06-14

Grubbs, Brian

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 also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. 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/hill-frances-wwii-interview

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

eng

Oral History

Hill_Frances WWII Interview

Baldwin City (Kan.)

1918 - 1942

Grubbs, Brian

Frances, Hill

Baldwin City (Kan.)

VHS

0:36:41

127 kbit/s (audio)

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