HOFSTEIN, Arthur (b. 1922) | Oral History

HOFSTEIN, Arthur (b. 1922)

Military Service: U.S. Army WWII Veteran

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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.
Date of Interview: October 30, 2007

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