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Interviewee
Marshall, Lester
Document Type
Oral History
Date of Interview
5-23-2001
Abstract
Lester Marshall was born on 5 March 1921 in Washington, D.C. After graduating from high school in 1939 he completed an apprenticeship at the Navy Yard in Washington, where he worked as a skilled machinist throughout the war years. As a skilled worker, Lester received a deferment from active service in the military. He met his future wife, Jo Ann Marshall, of Cloquet, Minnesota, in 1942, while she was working a government job. Lester and Jo Ann were married in October 1943 in Cloquet. In 1945, as the war was coming to a close, Lester and Jo Ann decided to leave Washington and return to her hometown of Cloquet, where they raised two children and remained. Lester worked 41 years as a machinist at Northwest Paper (later Potlatch Paper, then Sappi) in Cloquet, retiring in 1986. Lester passed away on 5 December 2005, aged 84. Lester provides important details of military production work at a major naval facility; he also discusses some of the difficulties of civilian life during wartime in the nation’s capital, such as transportation and housing.
Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the written permission of Concordia University Library or Thomas Saylor, Department of History, Concordia University, St. Paul.
Recommended Citation
Saylor, Thomas, "Oral History Project World War II Years, 1941-1946 - Lester Marshall" (2001). Oral History Project: World War II Years, 1941-1946. 134.
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/oral-history_ww2/134
PDF Transcript of Interview with Lester Marshall