ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year, attention is being turned to the Empire State’s rich history.
One story now preserved at the New York State Military Museum tells how a 19-year-old Jewish kid from Albany helped end one of the worst atrocities in world history and returned home with an extraordinary artifact.
On October 2, 1995, Richard Marowitz, a World War II veteran from Albany, gave an oral history interview about his service. He entered the military in May of 1943…