Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – World War II
Series Number: OH150
Interviewee: Quirey, Wanda, 1921-
Interviewer: Parrent, Jay
Date interviewed: December 13, 1997
Processed by: Benjamin J. Drake
Date processed: November 7, 2011
Description: 1 sound disc (15 minutes)
Abstract: Wanda Quirey details her experiences during the Second World War. She discusses her family background and memories following the attack on Pearl Harbor. She describes life in Western Kentucky during the Second World War and the general attitude in the region. She offers insight into the local war bond drives, rationing, Camp Breckinridge and Sturgis Airfield.
Biographical / Historical note: Wanda Quirey was born in Christian County, Kentucky on July 18, 1921. She grew up in Crofton and Earlington, Kentucky. As a teenager she worked at a local drugstore. She married and moved to Sturgis, Kentucky in 1942. Her husband was a soldier with General George C. Patton’s Third Army Corps in Europe. During the war, she was a member of the Junior Women’s Club and worked for the Red Cross. She concludes with her thoughts on prominent political leaders and significant events of the war.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Quirey, Wanda, 1921-
World War, 1939-1945 – Kentucky – Lyon County.
Crofton (Ky.)
Earlington (Ky.) – History.
Sturgis (Ky.)
Union County (Ky.) – History.
Camp Breckinridge (Union County, Ky.)
Sturgis Airfield (Union County, Ky.)
