Remus, Lillian (Interview transcript and video), 2009

Montagna, Douglas (Interviewer)

Lillian Hansen grew up on a farm in Michigan during the Depression and graduated from high school in 1936. She then worked in her parent's restaurant for a few years before enlisting in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) on February 23, 1943. She trained at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida and cooked for the troops. After training Lillian returned home to help her parents run their business. She began writing to Raymond Remus, an old friend from high school, who was fighting in Italy. They got married when he returned 2 years later.

2009-08-12

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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