OH+Reflection

Topic ** - Life on the Home Front as a Child **Interview subject** - Joyce Raffel
 * Oral History Reflection

During our WWII unit in class, we thought that we had learned everything there was to know about life on the Home Front. But, our interview with Joyce Raffel let us know that life was completely different during the time of war. In our interview, Joyce mentioned the aspect that the children of her era matured more quickly than that of other generations. Children of that era were given so much responsibility and expected of so much.

As a child, she was faced with getting to school on time, which was an hour away, she also had to deal with the fear that the Japanese or the Nazis might attack the US. We cannot imagine what it must've been like with all of the standards that she must follow as just a small child. We can only be thankful that such a war is not being fought today.