Title
Retelle, Albert WWII Homefront
Address: 64 Reservation Rd. Andover, MA 01810
Phone: 475-4412
Date of Birth: May 18, 1930
Occupation: Tree Expert, retired
Ethnic Background: Irish, French, English
Interviewer: Joan Kelley
Summary: Albert Retelle was a boy who became a teen during the course of WWII. When the war broke out, his father immediately joined the service. After his older brother joined, Albert became the man of the house. He discusses the homefront in Lawrence: mothers, wives, rationing, shortages, spotting planes and identifying them, the effects in school, flags and stars in windows.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.440-aretelle.mp3
Date (created)
1999-12-15