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Ellie Kahn, Oral Historian

Ellie Kahn, Oral Historian

A German Jew who served the U.S. at Utah Beach

“Col. James Van Fleet took me aside and said, ‘Bodlander, since you speak both French and German, I want you on my boat when we go ashore. And, incidentally, I will be the first person to step onto land; you’ll be the second,’ ” Walter Bodlander said in a recent interview.

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