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Rutgers Oral History Archives

  • College/Year: ED '41
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Moss, Simeon (May 2, 1997)
  • Conflict(s): World War II
  • Military Branch & Unit: Army
  • Theater(s): European
  • US Army Division: 92nd Infantry
  • US Army Regiment: 371st Infantry
  • US Army Battalion: 1st Battalion

Description:

Simeon Moss was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He went to Witherspoon School and Princeton High School, graduating in 1937. As an undergraduate at Rutgers, he participated in ROTC, played 150-pound football and lacrosse, and was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He graduated from the Rutgers School of Education in 1941. After being drafted during World War II, he served as an officer in an all-Black unit in the 92nd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations. Moss was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star, as well as the Purple Heart after being wounded by a shell burst in Italy. He went to graduate school on the GI Bill, becoming the first African American to earn a graduate degree at Princeton University. He was called up for service during the Korean War and thereafter served in the New Jersey National Guard. During his career, he worked as an educator and administrator in New Jersey. Active in civil rights, he served in the Mercer County branch of the NAACP.

Targum Cover 11 22 1963a

 

"HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died

 

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Images from that day and the events that followed remain etched in our collective consciousness—the open-top Presidential limo traveling down the people-lined streets of Dallas; President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One beside a shaken First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; John, Jr. saluting his father's passing casket at the funeral in DC.

Those who lived through that traumatic period can recall both their initial shock and the nuances of their reactions.

In "HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died, ROHA presents a sampling of stories related to the Kennedy tragedy, a touchstone event for multiple generations.

The Rutgers Targum (campus newspaper) cover from its November 22, 1963 issue. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)

 

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Voices of Veterans

 

Voices of Veterans is an online exhibit showcasing passages from oral history interviews of veterans who served in the Second World War and in wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. ROHA created this exhibit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MORE ONLINE EXHIBITS 

 

 

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