Saving World War II Memories: the Upper Midwest Jewish Story
See our exhibit by clicking on the titles below.
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See our World War II Veterans exhibit.
Yorktown: The Richard Brown Story
Richard Brown was a Radioman 2nd Class serving on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier, when it was hit, first at the Battle of Coral Sea and more severely at Midway. This video was created by Joseph Rivkin as part of the Minnesota’s Greatest Generation project.
Read newspapers about the end of World War II.|
See Lloyd Hollander’s artifacts from WWII.
Can you help us identify the people in his photographs?
See Abe Sperling’s artifacts from WWII.
Can you help us identify the people in his photographs?
Read more in Prairie Perspectives: Our Jewish Veterans Remember World War II.
