WWII as seen through the eyes of a veteran
On December 7, 1941, Marie and Georges Schneider and their three teenage sons gathered around their new RCA radio, tapping their toes and slapping their knees to the big band sound of Sammy Kaye.
A shocking announcement interrupted the program – and their lives. “President Roosevelt said in a statement today that the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii from the air.” In that moment, everything changed.
The next day at school, George, the middle of the Schneider boys, and