Ben Lesser was born on October 18, 1928 in Kraków, Poland. He was born into a Jewish, middle-class family of seven. He had an older brother, Moishe, two older sisters, Lola and Goldie, and a younger brother, Naftali, whom they called Tuli. Ben’s…

In 1982, Jack retired at the age of 65. He moved to Sun City, Arizona three years later. For his first few years, Jack spent his time relaxing and playing golf. Around the early ’90s, he got involved with an organization delivering talks on…

In May of 1946, Jack received his papers to be rotated to the states. After four years, Jack had received multiple Service Awards including “Good Conduct; European Theater w/ 1 Bronze Star and 1 Arrowhead (for first wave on D-Day) American Theater…

In December of 1945, Jack was informed he had been classified as essential personnel and would be transferred to Frankfurt, Germany for an assignment (Jack Nemerov, WWII Memoir). On his way to his assignment, Jack stopped at the I.G. Farben…

Jack’s next assignment was to immediately report to Munich, Germany and take over the B.M.W. plant, where his outfit would rebuild tanks for the Allied Forces (Jack Nemerov, We Remember History Oral Interview). During his inspection of the…

Jack was moved from Salisbury to Paris in late September, soon after its liberation. He was transferred from First Army to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, also known as SHAEF (Jack Nemerov, WWII Memoir). They began to take over…

Jack was classified as an observer for the invasion (Jack Nemerov, We Remember History Oral Interview). His duty was to observe the value of waterproofing and getting equipment through the water upon the shore. He was put in a command position,…

In February of 1944, Jack was sent with his men to Salisbury Plain, England to build assembly lines in preparation for the upcoming invasion. A few weeks before their departure, Jack’s outfit had been assigned a New Executive Officer, Major Smiley…

Jack was then sent to Pomona, California to create assembly lines for the California/Arizona maneuver areas (Jack Nemerov, We Remember History Oral Interview). Upon his arrival, Jack again found the assembly lines already into production in…

Jack took the train to Atlanta, Georgia, and was then driven ten miles to the Chandler Warehouse building (Jack Nemerov, WWII Memoir). His immediate task was to build assembly lines in order to start rebuilding engines. Assembly lines had already…