Nussenbaum Scrapbooks : Scrapbook 1

"The object of this scrap book our journal of my life in the service, as you can well guess, is to keep fresh in my memory the brighter moments of the time I spent away from home. Of course, it is quite impossible to write only of bright moments, and to try to remember only those. You are bound to remember the sad and bad moments and unhappy incidents as well. I do not intend to dwell too long on those! " - from Seymour Nussenbaum scrapbook “​My Life in the Army” read more

"On January 3, 1944 we received our first indication that we were going to a new camp . . . on January 12 we heard definitely that it would be Camp Forrest, Tennessee. " - from Seymour Nussenbaum scrapbook “​My Life in the Army” read more

"The next morning we hitchhiked out to the Wonder Cave in the Cumberland Mountains. We went through the cave and were duly impressed. We hitchhiked back to camp later that night. " - from Seymour Nussenbaum scrapbook “​My Life in the Army” read more

"On July 8 we left Walton Hall . . . on July 23 we debarked. We climbed down the side of the ship on a rope ladder, carrying our full field packs and rifles, on to a barge. . . . We landed at the now famous Omaha Beach. . . . That night I experienced my first air raid, and believe me, I was scared! The next morning we joined the rest of the outfit at Rubercy, or Mandeville, as the area was sometimes called. " - from Seymour read more