Patton. Next, he recalls his experiences fighting in the battle of the bulge and helping to liberate the buchenwald concentration camp. The National World War Ii Museum conducted this interview in 2014 for its oral history collection. It is may 29, 2014, in wellington, florida. What is your name . My name is harold berkman. 26, 1926n on february in brooklyn new york. Ive been a resident of florida since 1985. Im 88 years old and in order to accurately trace my military odyssey, ive drawn from four too,es one, my memory, my discharge papers, three, letters i sent to my parents when i was in europe, and, fortunately, my mother had saved four,ters, and number regimental and battalion history regiment at second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of
Its may 29, 2014. Im in florida. What is your name . My name is harold w. Berkman. Harold, when were you born and where were you born . I was born on february 22, 1926 in brooklyn, new york. I have been a resident of florida since 1975. Im 88 years old. In order to accurately trace my military odyssey, i have drawn from four sources. One, my memory. Two, my discharge papers. Three, letters that i sent to my parents when i was in europe. And fortunately, my mother had saved my letters. And four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment and second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute, please, harold. Sure. You said you were born in brooklyn, new york . Yeah. Were you raised and did you grow up in brooklyn some. The first 11 years of my life i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we moved up to a small town in Sullivan County called monticello.
It is may 29, 2014, in wellington, florida. What is your name . My name is harold berkman. I was born on february 26, 1926 in brooklyn new york. Ive been a resident of florida since 1975. Im 88 years old and in order to accurately trace my military odyssey, ive drawn from four sources one, my memory, two, my discharge papers, three, letters i sent to my parents when i was in europe, and, fortunately, my mother had saved my letters, and number four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment at second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . The first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . That is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes
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