World War II Veteran
Remembers the Horror of the Holocaust
About the photo: Timed photo by William A. Scott, III (left) and
Leon Bass during basic training at Camp McCain (Grenada, MS), spring of
1943 with 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion. Dr. Bass, a retired Philadelphia
public school principal, has been lecturing on the Holocaust since 1968.
Scott responded to a request in 1979 by Dr. Fred Crawford, an Emory University
Professor in Atlanta, Georgia, that GI's who witnessed the death camps
tell their stories. He has been speaking on the Holocaust to students,
synagogues and church groups.
Both Bass and Scott participated in October of 1981 at a gathering of
liberators and survivors at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
Bass was an official spokesperson during the 3-day event for the United
States. Scott, along with John Blustrom were the two GI's representing
the state of Georgia, Scott was also appointed to the 31 member Georgia
Commission on the Holocaust by Gov. Joe Frank Harris in May 1986.
(Above photo taken with Scott's personal 21/4 x 31/4 miniature Speed