Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

Title

Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

Creator

Marshall, Sammie

Date

12/2/14

Description

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sammie Marshall. Marshall was a student at the University of Texas where she met her future husband, Keifer. She describes how they met and writing him everyday when he joined the Marine Corps. Marshall discusses knitting sweaters for soldiers that traveled through her hometown by rail. She mentions hearing about the atomic bomb when she was with her aunt who had a son that had been wounded and was in the hospital. Marshall also describes Keifer having nightmares about combat upon his return.
22 p.

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
People - Individuals
Military and War - Wars - World War II
Interviews
Oral histories
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
WWII
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Civilians in war
Post-traumatic stress disorder
War -- Relief of sick and wounded
Correspondence

Source

The Portal to Texas History

Relation

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606770/small/

Type

text

References

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606770/

Citation

Marshall, Sammie, “Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 13, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/40463.

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