Minnesota's Greatest Generation lived through it all. The result is a rich variety of life stories -- tragic to heroic -- that provides a lasting legacy for future generations. Read stories of life during "The Greatest Generation" years.

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Childhood-1920s (70)

Depression (349)

Armistice Day Blizzard

Employment

Government Programs

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) (0)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (5)

Works Progress Administration (WPA) (3)

Growing Up

Hardships

Home Life

Life in Town (52)

Life on the Farm (70)

War (824)

Civilian Service

European Theater

Battles (97)
Battle of the Bulge (11)

D-Day Invasion (25)

Experiences Abroad (196)
Refugees (1)

Military Reunions (1)

Post-War Occupation (22)

Prison Camp Liberation (15)

Prisoners of War (15)

V-E Day (15)

War Refugees (1)

Women in Service (12)

Home Front

Civil Rights Movement (1)

Civilian Defense (0)
Rationing (0)

Salvage Drives (0)

Victory Gardens (0)

War Bond Drives (0)

Conscientious Objectors (1)

Defense Plants (4)

German POW Camps (0)

Home Life (75)
Life in Town (12)

Life on the Farm (8)

Homecoming (24)

Immigration (0)

Japanese Language Schools (2)

Military Training (100)

On Leave (20)

Pearl Harbor (26)

Rationing (26)

Red Cross (3)

Rosie the Riveter (3)

Scrap Drives (11)

Serving Stateside (52)

United Service Organizations (USO) (0)

V-J Day (5)

Women in Service (16)

Jewish Relief Efforts

Minnesotans at War

African Americans (4)

American Indians (0)

British Americans (2)

Chinese Americans (0)

Dogs (1)

Finnish Americans (2)

German Americans (0)

Irish Americans (0)

Italian Americans (2)

Japanese Americans (2)

Jewish Americans (3)
Anti-Semitism (0)

Holocaust (0)

Resettlement (0)

Norwegian Americans (16)

Polish Americans (6)

Serbian Americans (9)

Swedish Americans (2)

North Africa and Italy

Battles (16)

Experiences Abroad (34)

Occupation (2)

Pacific Theater

Battles (75)
Iwo Jima (8)

Leyte Gulf (1)

Okinawa (8)

Experiences Abroad (162)

Military Reunions (7)

Post-War Occupation (21)

Prisoners of War (5)

V-J Day (16)

Women in Service (7)