After the Invasion of Normandy, the 308th pushed further into France and continued upwards to Belgium. Tim describes how the African-American troops were discriminated by their fellow soldiers by stating, “The German Prisoners of War were allowed to…

Timuel was first deployed over to Scotland before being routed to South Hampton, England for what would become one of the biggest invasions in World War II. The plan was for the Western Allies to perform one of the largest amphibious invasions on…

After being drafted into the army, Tim decided to travel down to the Carolinas to visit his brother, who was also drafted into the military before being deployed over to Europe. Since Tim had been raised in Chicago all of his life this trip would be…

Timuel Black Jr. was born on December 7, 1918 to two sharecroppers in Birmingham, Alabama. Timuel’s grandfather fought in the Civil War to ensure that one day his family could be free from a life in slavery. While Timuel was less than a year old his…

The two then relocated to the San Francisco Bay area. He worked in the High-Tech industry in Silicon Valley where he held executive positions with leading companies like Sandisk. In 2010, after more than five decades, Leon decided that it was time…

In 1964, Leon along with his wife decided to make the move. They lived in New York City suburbs for the next 18 years. In 1976, Leon and his wife Sylviane separated. Leon went back as often as possible to France to spend time with Papa Henri and…

From that time on, Leon was immersed in his schoolwork, being tutored in mathematics. After graduating from high school, Leon went to study mechanical engineering at the local vocational school and then worked at a local government agency. Not…

Following the war, Srul and Chana Malmed failed to return. In mid-1945, there came another knock on the Ribouleaus’ apartment door. There was a couple claiming that they were brother and sister of Leon and Rachel’s parents. At the time Leon and…

On Sunday morning, July 19, 1942 at 5AM there was a knock on the Malmeds’ apartment door. Srul went to answer the door thinking it was the neighbors’ son but standing in front of him were two French police officers. The two men said that they had to…

Leon Malmed was born on October 4, 1937 in a small town, 45 miles outside of Paris called Compiègne, France. Leon’s father, Srul and mother, Chana were of Polish descent, who decided to immigrate to France in the 1930s. Leon grew up with one sister,…