Hoffman, Mort (Interview outline and video), 2015

• Main Author: Hoffman, Mort
• Other Authors: Moore, Deb (Interviewer)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2015
• Subjects: Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States > History; Military; Veterans; Video recordings; World War; 1939-1945 > Personal narratives; American; United States. National Guard; United States. Navy; Adak; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/30008; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f570b9fbe195a804d4d0adf76700688b.mp4; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/5b0bf48f326d2e41ad987f0807f7df36.pdf

Mort Hoffman was born in Rochester, New York in 1926. He grew up in Rochester and graduated in June 1944. From 1942-1944 he was in the New York National Guard and after graduating from high school decided to enlist in the Navy. He trained at Naval Training Station Sampson, New York and was deployed out of Camp Parks, California. He was sent up to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and served on the island of Adak with the 114th Naval Construction Battalion, helping to maintain vehicles and equipment as well as take part in construction projects. He stayed on the Aleutian Islands from December 1944 to July 1946, and was discharged shortly after his return.