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Martha Brodie Severance

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Martha Brodie Severance - WWII Home Front Story

Martha Brodie Severance, 2007 (Interviewed by Chuck Beck, SDPB Radio)

Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.

:04 - Memories of listening to the radio after Pearl Harbor

1:01 - Rations

3:12 - Received word of WWII by radio

Martha Severance Obituary

This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Faulkton, SD. 

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