Oral History Interview with Jill Pitts Knappenberger, January 20, 2011
Description:
Transcript of an oral interview with Jill Pitts Knappenberger. She discusses growing up during the Depression, going to college before the war, then volunteering for the Red Cross in 1942, but delaying to stay home with her terminally ill sister before joining in 1943. She first worked in England before going to France. She was able to meet her twin brother, who was also in France just before he died in the Battle of the Bulge. She describes what it was like in the camps at the beginning of the…
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Date:
January 20, 2011
Duration:
1 hour 29 minutes 03 seconds
Creator:
Knappenberger, Jill Pitts
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation