Oral History of Pearl James Hill, interviewed by Rebecca Michaud, 16 March, 2011
Title
Oral History of Pearl James Hill, interviewed by Rebecca Michaud, 16 March, 2011
Subject
Description
Pearl James Hill was born in 1925, in Aynor, South Carolina. One of fourteen children, she was orphaned at age thirteen, and lived with various family members until she turned sixteen and moved to Charleston. Hill worked at the munitions factory manufacturing hand grenades. Later, she became a ship welder, and worked at the Naval Shipyard until WWII ended in 1945. She then briefly worked at American Tobacco. In this interview with Rebecca Michaud, Hill reflects on her childhood, work at the munitions factory and the ship yard, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Source
Women in World War II
Publisher
The Citadel Archives & Museum
Date
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/196
Coverage
Charleston (S.C.)
Duration
36 minutes
Interviewer
Rebecca Michaud
Interviewee
Pearl James Hill
Location
North Charleston, South Carolina
Collection
Citation
The Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel, “Oral History of Pearl James Hill, interviewed by Rebecca Michaud, 16 March, 2011,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed May 15, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/196.