The American GI in WWII, uncensored
- Written by Edward Gitre, Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Tech
Pfc Elias Friedensohn in June 1945 at the Special Services Distributing Point, Seine Section, Paris, France. National ArchivesI can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.
It was mid-April 2009. I was scrolling through roll after microfilm roll of the War Department’s...
