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Rutgers Oral History Archives

  • College/Year: RC '51
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Holdorf, John A. (May 22, 2007)
  • Conflict(s): World War II; Korean War
  • Military Branch & Unit: Navy; Army
  • Theater(s): American; Korean
  • US Army Division: 7th Infantry
  • US Army Regiment: 31st Infantry
  • US Army Battalion: 2nd Battalion
  • US Army Company: E Company

Description:

Mr. Holdorf served in the US Naval Reserve while a student at Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, NJ; his unit operated an LST. At the end of World War II, he was drafted into the US Army and served at Fort Dix as a clerk, primarily discharging soldiers. After attending Rutgers College and earning a US Army commission through the ROTC, Mr. Holdorf served as an infantry company commander and mortar unit commander in the 7th Infantry Division in Korea during the last year of the war.

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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