Seymour Matusoff

Last Name: Matusoff
First Name: Seymour
Middle Initial/Name: B.
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 0-552417
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Eustis, VA; Newark, DE; Camp Butner, NC

Unit(s): A Btty., 10th bn, 4th pltn; 3216th SCSU; Co C, 281st Eng. Co. Bn.

Rank(s): Sgt. Lt.

Theater(s) of Operation: Europe

Locations: England (London), (Bristol); France (Cherbourg), (La Havre), (Rouen), (Reims), (Metz), ; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Straubing), (Eining); Austria (Lintz)

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Of Interest: 7/19/43 - Describes feelings of homesickness; 7/29/43 - Describes going out on bivouac; 9/7/43 - Describes studying advanced engineering at University of Delaware and the ASTP; 2/17/45 - Describes near-miss from Strafing HE 109's and reconoitering in Germany outside of his territory; 1/18/45 - Outlines the path he has taken through Europe as part of the 3rd Army; 4/6/45 - Jokes about being Jewish "I didn't stick my neck out, but I about got it shot off. A Jewish nose makes a big target you know."; a fellow soldier telling a German soldier they were part of the American Gestapo, "He turned all colors of the rainbow."; 6/12/45 - Working as an instructor at 3rd Army floating bridge

Delaware Connection(s): Morton Schulman, Barry Tanner, Byron Samonisky; Wicky Plafker; Dave Cohen; Bernie Goldman

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First Letter to Mollye: 06/30/1943
Last Letter to Mollye: 06/12/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 24
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