WASP Bernice “Bee” Falk Haydu standing on the wing of a plane, 1944

Capt. Herman “Hy” Bartimer, Sept. 1, 1945

Peter B. Zeisler in his Army uniform c. 1942

Rabbi Chaplain Dobin conducting service on Staten Island in1942.

If you know a Jewish American who served in World War II, you can share their memories and photos here.

Mel Brooks, then Melvin Kaminsky, enlisted in the Army and served as a forward artillery observer and a combat engineer in Europe, where he deactivated land mines. His three older brothers, Irving, Lenny and Bernie, also served in the war….

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Henry Kissinger, a refugee from Nazi Germany, was drafted in 1943 and served in the Army infantry. After several months, he was recruited into counterintelligence, as the U.S armed forces realized that German Jewish émigrés, with their knowledge of the…

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Carl Reiner, the son of Jewish immigrants, was drafted in 1943. He trained in the Signal Corps as a radio and teleprinter operator. But the night before he was to ship out for “parts unknown,” a friend arranged for him…

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