Washington County Oral Histories

Jane Dykslag oral history recording

An audio recording of an oral history of Jane Dykslag of her life in Beaverton, Oregon, during the Korean War recorded on May 30, 2000. Dykslag was in her late twenties during the Korean War living in Washington County. Prior to the war, she was teaching primary grades at Skyline School in Multnomah County, but during the war, she switched to substitute teaching. She recounts doing bomb drills with her students, but does not remember any bomb shelters in the area. There was a lot of talk about communism then, but personally, Dykslag did not fear it. She describes how they were trying to recruit more people to join the war effort and was afraid of her husband having to go when he had already fought in the South Pacific. Outside of the communism issue, Dykslag believes that people trusted the US government more back then than now because today, there is more talk of politics in the media. The interview occurred as a part of the Century High School oral histories project. The voices in the recording are clearly audible.

Dykslag, Jane

Century High School Project

Korean War, 1950-1953

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Washington County (Or.)

Beaverton (Or.)

1 sound cassette (7 min.)

English

WCM_OH_71

In Copyright

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Five Oaks Museum

Barclay, Amanda

Audiocassettes

Sound