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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Jewish Aviators in World War II: Personal Narratives of American Men and Women

Jewish Aviators in World War II: Personal Narratives of American Men and Women

Wolk, Bruce H.

Paperback

Air CombatGeneral World HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 0786499958
ISBN13: 9780786499953
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Mar 24 2016
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) Jewish Quartermaster Corps or sitting out the war in easy assignments. Based on interviews with more than 100 Jewish air veterans, this oral history features the recollections of pilots, crew members and support personnel in all theaters of combat and all branches of the service, including Jewish women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The subjects recall their combat experiences, lives as POWs, and anti-Semitism in the ranks, as well as human interest anecdotes such as encounters with the Tuskegee Airmen.

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