Bernard Goldman

Last Name: Goldman
First Name: Bernard
Middle Initial/Name: J.
Nickname: Bernie

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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 32075026/01055602
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Camp Davis, NC; Camp Edwards, MA

Unit(s): Battery C, 198th Coast Artillery; 12th Battery AA School, 2nd Platoon; 398th CA BN (AA) Btry B; 398th CA BN (AA) Btry B 7th Army 14th AR Div; 120th AAA Gun BN, Mbl.; 871st FABN, 66th Inf Div.

Rank(s): Pvt 1/c; 2nd Lt.; 1st Lt.

Theater(s) of Operation: Pacific; Europe

Locations: Bobcat Island (Bora Bora); Enhland (London) France (Paris) (Alsace) (Marsaille) (Fontainebleau ; Belgium (Brussels - 5 day pass); Germany (Landstuhl) (Bavarian Alps)

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Awards/Honors: Croix de Guerre (for meritorious service with 2nd French Division)

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Of Interest: 11/42 - reduction in number of movies shown, beer ration; 12/42 - Selection to officer training school; 1943 letters detailing intensity of officer training school; 10/31/42 - Duties and responsibilitiesof an officer; 10/31/42 - "...Hope it won't be the South Pacific again. There's a little guy in Europe whom I'd like to see at the end of my carbine."; Original Stars and Stripes Volume 1, Number 13, Monday December 18, 1944; 11/2/44 - Description of weather and muddy conditions, troop morale and faith in troops, Jewish service and a story of taking up a collection for some Jewish people who had been hiding in the hills; 3/27/45 - Descirbing difference between liberating France and conquering Germnay; 4/8/45 - Description of German citizens about Nazi regime; 6/25/45 - appointment as occupation troops in Bavarian Alps; 9/29/45 - Attached to Gen LeClerq's division for protection

Delaware Connection: Artie Blatman; Sid Greenstein (?); Dr. Barsky; Ben Newstat; Spider (?); Paul Bernstein; Seymour Berman; Richard Shapiro; Ben Seidel; Rabbi Tavel; Joe Barskey; Ralph Tomases

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First Letter to Mollye: 04/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 10/17/1945
Number of Folders in Mollye Collection: 112
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