
True to My God and Country
How Jewish Americans Fought in World War II
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
True to My God and Country explores the role of the more than half a million Jewish American men and women who served in the military in the Second World War. Patriotic Americans determined to fight, they served in every branch of the military and every theater of the war.
Drawing on letters, diaries, interviews, and memoirs, True to My God and Country offers an intimate account of the soul-searching carried out by young Jewish men and women in uniform. Ouzan highlights, in particular, the selflessness of servicewomen who risked their lives in dangerous assignments. Many GIs encountered antisemitism in the American military even as they fought the evils of Nazi Germany and its allies.
True to My God and Country examines how they coped with anti-Jewish hostility and reveals how their interactions with Jewish communities overseas reinforced and bolstered connections to their own American Jewish identities.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Unexpected Encounters
- 1. “True to My God, True to My Country”
- 2. Invisibility of Jews in the Military?
- 3. Heroines Took to the Skies
- 4. Confronting Biased Attitudes
- 5. Operation Torch and Local Jews
- 6. Religiosity in the Pacific and India
- 7. Prisoners of War of the Japanese
- 8. Camaraderie beyond Prejudice
- Conclusion: Bridging Worlds Apart
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author