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Lawrence Curtin - Modern Era

Larry Curtin grew up on a farm in central Illinois during the Great Depression and WW II, and attended a one-room school. He discussed his life on the family farm in considerable detail, including haying, shucking corn, hog butchering day, and the coming of electricity.

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Butchering Hogs

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Life on a central IL farm during Depression & WW II

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Larry Curtin's entire interview at the 'Veterans Remember - Korea War' web page.





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