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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鈥檚 journey to work as a Rosie the Riveter in the Savannah shipyards, Guy Gunter鈥檚 service as a glider pilot on D-Day, Dr. Hillard Pouncy鈥檚 experiences as a Tuskegee Airman, or Norbert Friedman鈥檚 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

Georgia Journeys Features

Tooken Cade

Tooken Cade

USO Worker

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

Alton Cadenhead

Engineer

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

Alton Cadenhead
Jimmy Doi

Jimmy Doi

Infantryman

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

Norbert Friedman

Aspiring Journalist

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

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. 

Louvinia Jordan

Codebreaker

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

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.

Herbert Kohn

Jewish Refugee

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

Herbert Kohn
Hillard Pouncy

Hillard Pouncy

Tuskegee Airman

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

Tosia Schneider

Hebrew Teacher

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

Tosia Schneider
Jane Tucker

Jane Tucker

Rod Welder

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

Lorenzo Wallace

Montford Point Marine

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

Lorenzo Wallace

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