Bill Yaeger and Michael Weiss will share their World War II experiences as a team and bring their first hand stories to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (age 50 and above please) for a 90 minute lecture.

Bill Yaeger, a WWII veteran, will share his experiences in the US army including training, deployment overseas, the liberation of Buchenwald and service in the Army of Occupation. Bill will also share his reflections on the effects of the war on Americans at home and those fighting abroad. After demobilization, Bill earned a BA and MBA from the University of Michigan.

Michael Weiss is a Jewish survivor from Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland and
Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, the two largest camps in WWII. Michael was liberated at age 21 by General Patton’s third army, in which Bill Yaeger served. Michael will share his experiences of the war, and has also written a small book about his experiences, titled Chimneys and Chambers. in World War II