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OH 1475

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWOMACK, Beryl Barton (b. 1923)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1475
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHer experiences in England during the Blitz in World War II; her courtship and marriage to Lieutenant Travis Womack, U. S. Army, 1944-45. Her early education; comments about Winston Churchill’s inspirational speeches during the Battle of Britain; wartime rationing; the bombing of her parents’ home in Nottinghamshire; attendance at Domestic Science Teachers College, Leicestershire, 1941-44; the coming of American troops; her meeting Lieutenant Travis Womack, March, 1944; their marriage, March 26, 1945; the process of her coming to the United States, 1946; adjustments to American life.
Interviewer(s)William J. Alexander
Physical Description39 pp.
Terms of UseOpen