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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Betty Caruthers World War II Interview]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Kansas -- History.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On, 1941.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United Service Organizations (U.S.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Betty Caruthers was interviewed at the Watkins Museum of History as part of the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project. Caruthers talked about working for Sunflower Ordnance Works (Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant) and her time in the United States Organizations (USO) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the Second World War. She also discussed rationing, music, and leisure time during the war, and shared photographs of her uniforms. Caruthers was born on October 19, 1922, in Kansas. Following high school, she worked as a beauty operator. Her husband, Walter Caruthers, served in the Navy. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor and was on the USS Narwhal during the attack on December 7, 1941. Caruthers shared stories about her husband’s time in the Navy and their life together following the war.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Caruthers, Betty]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[unknown]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Kansas State Historical Society]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society may also have interviews associated with this project. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: <a href="https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/">https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/</a>]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: <a href="https://archive.org/details/caruthers-betty-wwii-interview">https://archive.org/details/caruthers-betty-wwii-interview</a>]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: <a href="https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.html">https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm</a>]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[MP4]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[eng]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Oral History]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Caruthers_Betty WWII Interview]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Lawrence (Kan.)]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[1922 - 1945]]></dcterms:coverage>
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