Kleiman, Benjamin (Interview outline and video), 2010

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Ben Kleiman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1918. He tried to enlist in the Army after Pearl Harbor, but was rejected due to poor eyesight. He was eventually drafted in 1943 and put on limited duty. He worked as a clerk at Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania, keeping track of soldiers who had gone AWOL, and was eventually reassigned to Camp Richardson, Alaska, outside of Anchorage, where he worked as a personnel clerk until discharged in 1946.

2010-06-05

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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