Leonard Peshka oral history recording · Washington County Heritage Online

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Title: Leonard Peshka oral history recording
Description: An audio recording of an oral history of Leonard Peshka on the Korean War. Peshka discusses his whereabouts 1950-1953 and life in Hillsboro, Communism and the Red Scare, the possibility of nuclear attacks in the Portland area, and civil defense. He talks about the Korean War and its local impact, and compares the Korean War with World War II. He was stationed in New Guinea in World War II. Peshka also talks about the polio epidemic and entertainment in 1950s.
Contributor: Villavicencio, Jessica
Creator: Pashka, Leonard
Date: 2000
Is Part Of: Century High School Project
Format: Audiocassettes
Language: English
Identifier: WCM_OH_65
Subject: Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American; Washington County (Or.) -- History
Rights: In Copyright; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Extent: 1 sound cassette (26 min.)
Spatial Coverage: Washington County (Or.); Hillsboro (Or.)
Type: Sound
Source: Washington County Museum

Media: https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/f8650e29065960bc82eca58640d852c0.mp3; https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/a0f8026ae32dfb11b5c0fa3027539f0e.pdf