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Voices of World War II:
Experiences from the Front and at Home

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Father and daughter listening to the radio in their home, 1940. Image courtesy American Memory FSA-OWI Collection.
Voices of World War II: Experiences From the Front and at Home
A project in partnership with the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.
Audio from the Collections of the Marr Sound Archives - Department of Special Collections.
Miller Nichols Library - University of Missouri - Kansas City.
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March 1, 2004