Traveling and Digital Exhibition—Discover World War II Legacies at KSU

Guy Gunter

Learn about Veterans, Home Front Workers, and Holocaust Survivors Who Lived in Georgia

Drawing on testimony obtained through the Museum of History and Holocaust Education's Legacy Series oral history project, this hands-on, multimedia exhibition follows the experiences of twelve individuals whose lives intersected in Georgia, but whose journeys took them across the world. The exhibition also provides a glimpse into President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's unique Georgia Journey that occurred between 1924 and his death in Warm Springs in 1945.

Whether Jane Tucker’s journey to work as a Rosie the Riveter in the Savannah shipyards, Guy Gunter’s service as a glider pilot on D-Day, Dr. Hillard Pouncy’s experiences as a Tuskegee Airman, or Norbert Friedman’s survival of eleven concentration camps, Georgia Journeys follows the lives of World War II veterans, home front workers, and Holocaust survivors who came to call Georgia their home.

For more information, please call the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at 470-578-2083 or email us at mhhe@kennesaw.edu

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Georgia Journeys Features

Tooken Cade

Tooken Cade

USO Worker

In the heady atmosphere of war, she found a new name and a new life. 

Tooken'S INTERVIEWS

Alton Cadenhead

Engineer

He saw past the hurdles in his youth to forge a successful career in engineering.

ALTON'S INTERVIEWS
Alton Cadenhead
Jimmy Doi

Jimmy Doi

Infantryman

After his release from an internment camp in Arizona, he served on the front lines in Europe. 

JIMMY'S INTERVIEWS

Norbert Friedman

Aspiring Journalist

He overcame trauma and loss during the Holocaust and began to tell his story years later

NORBERT'S INTERVIEWS
Norbert Friedman
Guy Gunter

Guy Gunter

Glider Pilot

One of the first glider pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he landed the engine-less planes behind enemy lines in Europe. 

GUY'S INTERVIEWS

Louvinia Jordan

Codebreaker

Her mathematical mind enabled her to decode Japanese messages for the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

LOUVINIA'S INTERVIEWS
Louvinia Jordan
Andre Kessler

Andre Kessler

Basketball Player

Traveling a long way from Bucharest to Atlanta, he took advantage of every opportunity life offered along the way.

ANDRE'S INTERVIEWS

Herbert Kohn

Jewish Refugee

His family fled Germany after Kristallnacht and settled on a farm in Alabama. 

HERBERT'S INTERVIEWS
Herbert Kohn
Hillard Pouncy

Hillard Pouncy

Tuskegee Airman

He defined himself through his studies, his training, and his career. 

HILLARD'S INTERVIEWS

Tosia Schneider

Hebrew Teacher

She built a new life in a foreign land, keeping a long-held promise to her mother. 

TOSIA'S INTERVIEWS
Tosia Schneider
Jane Tucker

Jane Tucker

Rod Welder

She put high school on hold to build Liberty ships for the war effort. 

JANE'S INTERVIEWS

Lorenzo Wallace

Montford Point Marine

Despite the years he spent away, he is an Atlantan through and through.

LORENZO'S INTERVIEWS
Lorenzo Wallace

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