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The Boys From New Jersey
by Tom Kindre
Featuring over 80 stories from the Rutgers Oral History Archives
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Leo C. Inglesby, Sr., a WWII airborne veteran, on the day of his graduation from the Graduate School-New Brunswick at Rutgers University in 1949. Inglesby, like thousands of other veterans, was able to come to Rutgers because of the GI Bill.
From the gallery of Leo C. Inglesby, Sr.

The Rutgers Oral History Archives is an enterprise to record the personal experiences of:
  • Rutgers University alumni and/or New Jersey residents who served on the home front and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War
  • Men and women who helped shape the history of Rutgers University as students, alumni, faculty, staff and in other roles
  • People with a story to tell about some aspect of New Jersey's proud history, its towns and cities, its diverse populations, organizations within the Garden State and/or social/cultural movements and events
The Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War Conceived, Initiated, and Supported By the Rutgers College Class of 1942 With Additional Major Support From Rutgers College The Classes of 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation And The Katzenberger Foundation The Project Has Received Additional Significant Support From The Following Individuals: Franklin Kneller, Class of 1949 Walter Bruyere, Class of 1939 W. Carl Heyer, Class of 1925 Thomas A. Kindre, Class of 1942 Stanley R. Klion, Class of 1942 Ralph Schmidt, Class of 1942
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"Oral history, by weaving personal experiences into the fabric of time, has turned history's rough cloth into a richly-textured tapestry."

Tom Kindre
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