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This is an interview with Gordon Coats, part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Gordon talks of his family, education, military career, and the home front during WWII.
Creator: Coats, Gordon Lee
Date: December 29, 2009
Item Number: 227212
Call Number: 2010-176.01
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227212
Business and Industry - Retail - Grocery stores
Collections - Oral History - Kansas Veterans of World War II - Kinsley Public Library
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Dust Storms
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Plagues - Grasshopper
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Catholic
Date - 2000s - 2009
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage
Military - Equipment - Aircraft
Military - Equipment - Ships
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Veterans
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transcript
Places - Cities and towns - Kinsley
Places - Counties - Edwards
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Transcript
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227212