Utica Observer-Dispatch: Local WWII veteran visits SUNY Poly to
recall horrors of war
Published:
Friday, April 3, 2015 - 12:10
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World War II veteran Alan Moskin speaks about his experience
serving in the United States Army during the World War II
Remembrance Day event at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy
Thursday, April 2, 2015. "It (the war) left a mark on my soul,
my heart," he said. "How did this happen? Why did this happen?
How did the civilized world let something like this happen?"
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For 50 years, Alan Moskin remained silent about his combat
service in World War II in fear of bringing back the nightmares
of what he saw.
Perhaps the nightmares would have been the day he lost his best
friend who was just trying to help out the new soldiers, or the
time he was forced to kill a teenage boy who was part of the
Hitler Youth that he said could have been no older than 15 years
old with blonde hair and blue eyes.
“Being in combat is like being in hell and back,” Moskin said
as he addressed a crowd Thursday afternoon during the World War
II Remembrance Day event at the Field House at SUNY Polytechnic
Institute.
