(rifle firing shot)
(dramatic music)
- We went to war to
destroy the Nazis.
That was a mission
for all of us.
We went to war to
save the world.
(dramatic music and guns firing)
- The rumors were, in
the Jewish community,
Jews would being
slaughtered and something
had to be done about it.
- [Narrator] They were
fighting a people that were
trying to destroy the
Jewish people from
the face of the earth.
- Right before D
Day, they told us,
two out of three of you
are not coming back.
I decided to draw a
huge star of David
on the back of my field jacket.
I had to let the Germans
know where I was coming from.
(dramatic music)
- Across the barracks
I hear this voice,
"Reiner, Reiner!".
It was one of these anti-Semitic
blondies from Louisiana.
And he said "You a Jew!"
J, e, w, uuuu.
You a Jew.
I says yes as a matter of fact.
Why do you ask?
- My fellow soldiers
wanted to know,
how on earth did you wind
up on the front lines?
You're Jewish.
I said because I
wanted to be there.
- Suddenly I heard you
have to say something
good about Hitler.
You know he got rid
of all the Jews.
And I said well he
didn't get this one.
(dramatic music)
- Entering that camp was
the most horrific sight
I've ever seen or ever hope
to see the rest of my life.
I can never ever forget.
(dramatic music)
- [Soldier] Today I come
to you as a solider in the
American army and
as a representative
of the Jewish
community of America.
(dramatic music)
- We were there for a reason.
To reclaim who we were
and not to forget
where we came from.
That's why we went.
(dramatic music)
