Audio Clips Related to WWII
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-wartime-secrecy-in-world-war-ii
- Linda McLendon describes working at a facility that developed weapons for the US Army during WWII and the secrecy involved.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-social-life-at-oakridge-tennessee
- Linda McLendon describes how she and her friends at Oak Ridge built relationships despite not being able to discuss their work.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-learning-the-united-states-had-joined-world-war-ii
- Linda McLendon remembers an excited soldier announcing the start of WWII.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-learning-the-atomic-bomb-had-been-dropped
- Linda McLendon remembers her reaction after learning that Oak Ridge was partly responsible for the making of the atomic bomb.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-how-friends-snuck-contraband-into-oak-ridge
- Linda McLendon tells how a friend was able to sneak liquor into the camp despite strict security protocols.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-her-husbands-assignment-to-oak-ridge
- Linda McLendon recalls when her husband was assigned to Oak Ridge during WWII.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-children-oakridge-and-the-cold-war
- Linda McLendon remembers how children were to be evacuated separately from their parents during a potential Cold War attack.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/mclendon-linda-arriving-at-oak-ridge
- Linda McLendon remembers her shock when she arrived at Oak Ridge, Tennessee with her husband during WWII.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/bill-pray-a-manhattan-project-romance
- Bill Pray describes how his parents met during World War II in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- https://soundcloud.com/upcountryoralhistory/william-russell-shore-leave-in-nagasaki
- William Russell recalls touring Nagasaki while on shore leave during the Korean War.