Jean Tommeraasen
Jean Tommeraasen - Home Front WWII
Jean Tommeraasen, 2007
- A civilian on the home front during WWII
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
0:00 - Worked at telephone office; calls from servicemen
2:18 - Difficult telegrams - the death of a soldier; MIA; POW
6:03 - Many calls trying to locate mothers
7:13 - Proposal; had to learn numbers in Norwegian and English
13:26 - Her husband was a bombardier navigator, flew over 50 missions, and 2 Purple Hearts
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