
Whether they came from Sioux Falls or the Bronx, over half a million Jews entered the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from their working- and middle-class neighborhoods, they joined every branch of the military and saw action on all fronts. Deborah...

Drawing on a series of memoirs, oral histories, and letters, a portrayal of American Jews who entered the U.S. armed forces during World War II provides a view of the struggles these Jewish GIs faced and how military service reshaped Jewish life in America and abroad.