Interview with Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm on her experience in WWII -- Winning the Purple Heart, Serving in Paris by Graham Chisholm

Recorded September 7, 2021 Archived September 7, 2021 24:02 minutes
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Dorothy Whitfield Chisholm (98) speaks with her son, Graham Chisholm (62) about her experience joining the British Army at age 18 in 1941, and then transferring over to the US Army in Great Britain in 1942, being wounded by a V-2 missile explosion in London, receiving the Purple Heart, being stationed in Paris, getting married, and moving to the States in 1945 for her discharge.

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  • Dorothy Chisholm
  • Graham Chisholm

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