True to My God and Country, livre ebook

Through the generous support of The Trustees of Indiana University, Indiana University Press is pleased to make this book freely available as an Open Access monograph. 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.

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
Conclusions: Bridging Worlds Apart
Notes
Bibliography
Index