Description
Marian Nelson describes her family background and growing up in Fargo, ND during the Depression. She describes her parents’ problems, her courtship and marriage, and her husband’s military experience during World War II. She describes going to work in a munitions plant in Nebraska near the start of the war and the fatal plant explosion that she luckily avoided. She recalls various memories of the war. She describes life as a military family after the war, including into the Korean War.