OH 1650 | Oral History

OH 1650

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era U.S. Army veteran. Childhood in Dorchester and Cambridge, Massachusetts; enlistment in U.S. Army and assignment to Tenth Armored Division; basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and reassignment to radio operations and anti-aircraft gunnery; retraining at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and Camp Gordon, Georgia; Atlantic Ocean crossing; combat operations in France, Luxembourg, and Germany, including Battle of the Bulge, over eight months in 1944-45; thoughts about fighting Germans as a Jewish-American; encounter with an officer of the German SS; liberation of Dachau concentration camp; service during five months of U.S. Army occupation of Germany; return to U.S.; discharge from Army; benefits afforded by GI Bill; involvement in American veterans’ organizations.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 43 pp. plus documents (29 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Charlotte Decoster
Date of Interview October 30, 2007

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