While I heard stories about prejudice in World War I
directed at people with German names, and I knew a man
who was very fearful it would happen during World War II,
I don't recall any instances in the Second Great War.
Indeed, the commander of all Allied forces in the
European Theater of Operations was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
There were many, many people in the U.S. armed forces in
World War II with German names; in fact, Chester W.
Nimitz, from Fredericksburg, Texas (where there is now
a museum dedicated to him) learned English as a second
language.
Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 qutlx1@a... wrote:
> Now that you read the Streator Wye story about Uncle Bill I can add to the
> name change story.Seems that after Bill hired on he decided to shorten his
> name to lessen his obvious German ties. SO he went to the courthouse and
> legally shortened his name.Now he went to the union meeting (BRT) to announce
> the change and ask that the seniority roster be updated. Well it seems that a
> number of "brothers" (younger in seniority than he) objected on the grounds
> that the name change meant he should have a new seniority date effective with
> name change?! So much for brotherly support and fraternity.As it was always
> said all you had was your seniority!!!!!!
> Leo
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