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Louis Fantin was born in Colorado and followed his older sister to the Bay Area after he completed high school. He worked as a welder in the shipyards in Richmond until he was drafted into the Army where he served in the war in Europe. When the War ended, he returned to Richmond and began working at Standard Oil. In this interview he talks about Richmond during and after the War, his participation time as a soldier and the Battle of the Bulge, and attitudes around race, ethnicity, and gender.

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Title
Louis Fantin: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project
Creator
Fantin, Louis, interviewee
Dunham, David, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2007
Full Collection Name
Rosie the Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Community and Identity
Commerce, Industry, and Labor
Type
Text
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Fantin, Louis. "Louis Fantin: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project." Interview by David Dunham in 2002. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2007.
Interview date(s) 2002
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