Talmant discusses his parents' immigration from Lithuania to Springfield, Illinois, hsi childhood, schooling, Depression, his business the Blue Danube nightclub, WWII, battles and war stories, his family, jobs at the Leland and St. Nicholas Hotels, and work at the Illinois Department of Transportation. Interview by Ron Talmant, 1979. 5 tapes, 450 mins.
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