Oral history interview with Arthur Hofstein, 2007 October 30.

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Oral history interview with Arthur Hofstein, 2007 October 30.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463651986

Interview with Arthur Hofstein, an Army veteran, concerning his childhood in Dorchester and Cambridge, Mass.; enlistment in the U.S. Army and assignment to 10th Armored Division; basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. and assignment to radio operations and anti-aircraft gunnery; retraining at Ft. Knox, Ky., and Camp Gordon, Ga.; Atlantic Ocean crossing; combat operations in France, Luxembourg, and Germany, including Battle of the Bulge; thoughts about fighting Germans as a Jewish-American; encounter with a German SS officer; liberation of Dachau concentration camp; service during post-war Allied occupation of Germany; return to the U.S and discharge from Army; benefits afforded by G.I. Bill and involvement in American veteran's organizations. Appendix consists of photocopies of articles, forms, certificates, and photographs (thirty leaves).

40, [31] leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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