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Rutgers Oral History Archives

  • College/Year: AG '49
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Scherholz, John G. (November 30, 1995)
  • Conflict(s): World War II
  • Military Branch & Unit: Army
  • Theater(s): European
  • US Army Company: 336th Harbor Craft Company

Description:
Mr. Scherholz was born and raised in West Orange, New Jersey.  His father worked as a credit manager and his mother was a housewife.  He entered Rutgers in 1942 where he majored in Agriculture.  In May 1943, Mr. Scherholz was drafted into the United States Army Corps of Engineers, did his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and then Camp Edwards in Massachusetts.  From Florida, he sailed to England on the SS Pasteur.  He served in the 336th Harbor Craft Company, building and servicing artificial harbors off the Normandy coast following the D-Day invasion.  During his service, he earned two Battle Stars and was finally discharged at Fort Dix on February 15, 1946.  Following World War II, Scherholz returned to Rutgers, finishing his education on the G.I. Bill in 1949.  He was married in 1949 and had a long career as a truck driver. 

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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