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The East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, will host a lecture titled “An Oral History of the American Experience in World War II” 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13.
Shaun Illingworth, director of the Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) will discuss the archives’ work in documenting the WWII generation and how oral history can shed new light on events from more than 70 years ago. The talk will feature stories from the ROHA collection, a retelling of America’s campaigns and home-front achievements in WWII, all from the mouths of those who were there.
The ROHA staff members have developed an online repository featuring more than 825 full-text interviews with New Jersey veterans, home-front eyewitnesses, war workers and more from WWII to today’s conflicts.
Admission is free of charge. The public is invited to attend.
For more information, log on to www.ebpl.org.
