{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/p26pz5268p/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Medintz, Myra Falkin"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2008-12-04 (creation)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (primary)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["Video"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection","Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History","William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]}},{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eMyra Falkin Medintz interviewed by Sandra Berman on December 4th, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e (general)","\u003cp\u003eMyra Falkin was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 18, 1921. After graduating from the DePaul University School of Business Law, she worked as a legal secretary in Chicago. When Pearl Harbor was attacked and the United States entered World War II, Myra was working in Chicago for the Finance Division of the Department of Labor. In 1943, she enlisted in the WAVES and served in the Navy until 1946 as a Military Transcriber for the Pearl Harbor Investigation under the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her discharge from the Navy in 1946, Myra returned to Chicago. She soon met and married Coleman Medintz (1916-1999). The couple immediately moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where they raised two children. In 1948, Myra and Coleman became members of Congregation Ahavath Achim and were active members of the Jewish War Veterans. Until 1972, they operated a clothing company. From 1968 to 1998, Myra worked as Executive Director of the Southern Jewelry Traveler's Association, sponsors of the Atlanta Jewelry Show.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyra was actively involved in the Jewish Community. She was a life member of the Jewish War Veterans, serving as Commander of Atlanta Post 112. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, a life member of ORT, a member of B’nai B’rith and City of Hope. Myra enjoyed volunteering at the Carter Presidential Library and the VA Hospital and Nursing Home. Myra died in June 24, 2010.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eMyra provides background information on her parents and childhood. She explains why chose to enlist in the Navy in 1943. Myra recalls the mood of the country after Pearl Harbor and what was known about the persecution of Jews in Europe. She recounts training for the WAVES and being assigned as a Yeoman to the Judge Advocate General’s offices in Washington, D.C. Myra explains why she chose to be discharged at the end of the war. She remembers her WAVES uniforms and the people she met. Myra considers her granddaughters’ military service. She talks about returning home to Chicago, Illinois, where she met Coleman Medintz, whom she soon moved to Atlanta, Georgia with. Myra remembers her brother-in-law, Barney Medintz. She recalls her involvement with the Jewish War Veterans. Myra shares her memories of learning about the Holocaust and her thoughts on the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan. She recounts an experience as a volunteer at the Carter Center. She considers the internment of the Japanese during World War II. Myra confirms her agreement with her generation being described as the “greatest.” She talks about her experiences during the war and how much she enjoyed her military service.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/28477"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Medintz, Myra (personal name)","United States Naval Reserve (corporate name)","Naval Women's Reserve (corporate name)","World War II (named event)","Pearl Harbor (named event)","Hiroshima and Nagasaki (named event)","WAVES (corporate name)","Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Service (corporate name)","Ahavath Achim Congregation (corporate name)","Atlanta, Ga (geographic term)","Chicago, IL (geographic term)","Jewish War Veterans Of The United States Of America (corporate name)","Medintz, Barney (personal name)","Japanese Internment Camps (topical term)","The Carter Center (corporate name)","Atomic Bomb (topical term)","United Jewish Appeal (corporate name)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eMyra Falkin Medintz interviewed by Sandra Berman on December 4th, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyra Falkin was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 18, 1921. After graduating from the DePaul University School of Business Law, she worked as a legal secretary in Chicago. When Pearl Harbor was attacked and the United States entered World War II, Myra was working in Chicago for the Finance Division of the Department of Labor. In 1943, she enlisted in the WAVES and served in the Navy until 1946 as a Military Transcriber for the Pearl Harbor Investigation under the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her discharge from the Navy in 1946, Myra returned to Chicago. She soon met and married Coleman Medintz (1916-1999). The couple immediately moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where they raised two children. In 1948, Myra and Coleman became members of Congregation Ahavath Achim and were active members of the Jewish War Veterans. Until 1972, they operated a clothing company. From 1968 to 1998, Myra worked as Executive Director of the Southern Jewelry Traveler's Association, sponsors of the Atlanta Jewelry Show.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyra was actively involved in the Jewish Community. She was a life member of the Jewish War Veterans, serving as Commander of Atlanta Post 112. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, a life member of ORT, a member of B’nai B’rith and City of Hope. Myra enjoyed volunteering at the Carter Presidential Library and the VA Hospital and Nursing Home. Myra died in June 24, 2010.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyra provides background information on her parents and childhood. She explains why chose to enlist in the Navy in 1943. Myra recalls the mood of the country after Pearl Harbor and what was known about the persecution of Jews in Europe. She recounts training for the WAVES and being assigned as a Yeoman to the Judge Advocate General’s offices in Washington, D.C. Myra explains why she chose to be discharged at the end of the war. She remembers her WAVES uniforms and the people she met. Myra considers her granddaughters’ military service. She talks about returning home to Chicago, Illinois, where she met Coleman Medintz, whom she soon moved to Atlanta, Georgia with. Myra remembers her brother-in-law, Barney Medintz. She recalls her involvement with the Jewish War Veterans. Myra shares her memories of learning about the Holocaust and her thoughts on the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan. She recounts an experience as a volunteer at the Carter Center. She considers the internment of the Japanese during World War II. Myra confirms her agreement with her generation being described as the “greatest.” She talks about her experiences during the war and how much she enjoyed her military service.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/115/227/small/Medintz_Myra.mp4_1622047059.jpg?1622032660","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - Medintz_Myra.mp4"]},"duration":2186.26,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/115/227/small/Medintz_Myra.mp4_1622047059.jpg?1622032660","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-thebreman.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/115/227/original/Medintz_Myra.mp4?1622032657","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":2186.26,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Medintz, Myra [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: Today is December 4th. I am here with Myra Medintz, who has agreed to\nbe interviewed for the Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Project of the\nWilliam Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. My name is Sandy Berman. I am the\narchivist for the museum. I am so glad that you agreed to participate in our\nproject. I would like to begin by asking you a little bit about your background\n-- where you were born, and your parents' names, and what you did as a child.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=0.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MEDINTZ: You know my name. I was born and raised in Chicago [Illinois]. My\nmother was born in London [England] and came here when she was about 18 months\nold. My father was American born.\n\nBERMAN: Their names?\n\nMEDINTZ: Their names? My father's name was Isadore Ginsberg. My mother had\nremarried when I was an infant, and her name was Minnie Falkin. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Falkin is the\nname that I used all the time. When I went into the military, I had my name\nformally changed to Falkin.\n\nBERMAN: How do you spell Falkin?\n\nMEDINTZ: F-A-L-K-I-N.\n\nBERMAN: What drew you to the military?\n\nMEDINTZ: There was so much going on ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and I guess I wanted to be a part of it, to\ndo whatever I could.\n\nBERMAN: Alright, I was asking you what drew you to the military... How old were\nyou when you served? When you joined up?\n\nMEDINTZ: I was 22. At first, I went through the physical for the Army. Then, I\nwent on a vacation ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=90.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"with a girlfriend of mine, intending to sign up when I came\nback. As I was going past the Navy recruiting office, I decided to look in on\nthem. I liked it better because they had a narrower age range. There's was\n18-35, where the army was 18-50. I felt there was a little qualification\nrequired for the Navy. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Besides, I thought I'd look better in a navy blue skirt.\nBut it was a just a matter of my friends were already in service, and that there\nwas a job to be done, it was a challenge, and I just thought that that was\nsomething I needed to do, and I would like to do, and my family didn't object.\nThere I was, sworn in.\n\nBERMAN: You said a lot of your friends ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"were already in service. Were they mainly\nJewish friends or non-Jewish friends?\n\nMEDINTZ: They were mostly Jewish men friends. I don't know of any of the women\nthat joined the service.\n\nBERMAN: That's a little unusual, too, that you felt the pull because your male\nfriends were joining up.\n\nMEDINTZ: Yes, and there was a general attitude of all the people of that age\nbeing drafted into service. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I wasn't about to be left out.\n\nBERMAN: What year was this and when?\n\nMEDINTZ: 1943.\n\nBERMAN: How long after Pearl Harbor?\n\nMEDINTZ: Approximately a year and a half, two years. I got out of the Navy in 1946.\n\nBERMAN: Do you remember the mood? Prior to the bombing of ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Pearl Harbor, do you\nrecall what the mood of the country was? Was the mood of the people generally in\nfavor of helping Europe out, or were most of your family members [and] friends\nopposed to intervening?\n\nMEDINTZ: I would say it was a matter of helping your country. I don't know\nthat... And especially because there was a draft. I'm not so sure ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=240.0,270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that there\nwere that many that said, \"Well, maybe I won't go,\" or, \"Maybe I'm not in favor\nof it.\" The draft was the draft, and they went.\n\nBERMAN: No, but before Pearl Harbor was bombed.\n\nMEDINTZ: I mean before Pearl Harbor. We already into Europe. There was a feeling\nthat... 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Did you know what was happening to the Jews of Europe when you signed up?\n\nMEDINTZ: As much as anybody here knew outside of the government administration.\nBut I think there's always that feeling of a Jew feeling for a Jew ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and there was\njust no question about all that upheaval in Europe that was so distasteful, so\ncatastrophic to the Jewish people here. Just as we felt it when they got to\nIsrael and all the turmoil that went on in Israel.\n\nBERMAN: Do you remember where you were when Pearl Harbor was bombed, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"when you\nheard the news?\n\nMEDINTZ: Yes, I was in Chicago in my house. I had worked for the Department of\nLabor at that time in the Finance Division. I worked for the attorneys in the\nFinance Division. We even had uniforms made, so I was there already working in a\ngovernment job. It had nothing to do with the military, but ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=360.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I can... I know\nexactly where I was: in the living room and the radio was going on, because this\nwas long before television.\n\nBERMAN: What was your reaction?\n\nMEDINTZ: Shock, disbelief, it couldn't happen. Why didn't we see it coming? But,\nwhen you're 22 years old, 21 years old, you really don't think in depth too\nmuch. You take it a day at a time and what affects your immediate life.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=390.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: You joined the Navy. Where did you serve?\n\nMEDINTZ: I had boot camp at Hunter College in New York for six weeks. Then, I\nwent to... I had hoped to go to an Air Force base, but because of the experience\nI had as a legal secretary, ever since I got out of school, they sent me to\nYeoman school at Stillwater, Oklahoma. 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I just said, \"I'm going.\"\n\nBERMAN: Was there any kind of sexual harassment from male soldiers?\n\nMEDINTZ: No, we didn't even know the expression.\n\nBERMAN: It seems like it is much more difficult today ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=720.0,750.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for...\n\nMEDINTZ: It may or may not be, but it's more vocal now. No, that was never a\nproblem. I didn't run into antisemitism either. I was just lucky that way. The\nonly time I had a problem was with my roommate at Stillwater, Oklahoma, who had\na little different personality from me. I guess I was a little afraid of her. An\naunt of mine from Chicago once sent ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=750.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a kosher salami. I was afraid to leave it\nout with this roommate, so I stuck it back on the shelf in the closet. At one\ntime I said, \"Okay, this is it. I'm not going to be deprived.\" When I got to it,\nit was already half gone. From that time on, I had her in the palm of my hand.\n\nBERMAN: That is wonderful. That is a great story. 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I just met so many ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=810.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"people\nfrom all over the country. I made some good acquaintances. At one time, at the\nUSO, I was dating a fellow from the Navy who was about six foot, six [inches\ntall]. I'm five [feet], three [inches tall]. When we danced, I used to look him\nright in the belt buckle.\n\nBERMAN: That is great. 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I have one granddaughter ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=870.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who is at Bethesda Medical.\nSince that's a government facility, she had to choose a military service, so\nshe's a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. I have one granddaughter who's in\nher third year at West Point.\n\nWe are not a military family. It just happened that way. There were scholarships\ninvolved because they were very adept at fast pitch softball. 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The one at West Point, they've already taught her how\nto drive a tank ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=930.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and how to carry a 45 howitzer, so I have reservations about\nthat -- as I do about all the young people that are facing disaster.\n\nBERMAN: You said you have four granddaughters?\n\nMEDINTZ: Yes, one is finishing nursing school. The other one has just graduated\nhigh school. She's chosen mechanical engineering, but I think she's going to get\nher degree in shopping.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=960.0,990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: But they are not in the military?\n\nMEDINTZ: No, none of them are in the military. Two are potential candidates to\ngo further.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think your military service had an impact on them?\n\nMEDINTZ: No, not at all. My husband was a Marine, but I don't... Like I say,\nwe're not a military family. 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Twelve of my family came down with us for\nthe wedding, so I had a whole entourage on our honeymoon.\n\nBERMAN: Barney Medintz, your brother-in-law, was very active in the Jewish\ncommunity here.\n\nMEDINTZ: Yes, he was.\n\nBERMAN: Was he sort of the leader of the family?\n\nMEDINTZ: He moved away from Chicago many years ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1140.0,1170.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"before the rest of the family\ncame down. He married Dorothy Davis. His sister, Sylvia Medintz, came down and\nmet Leo Eizenstadt. They got married. She became pregnant with Stuart before he,\nLeo, got out of the service. 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Then,\nColeman and I came down here, but we were never that involved with his community\nactivity as much as Coleman and I were involved with the veteran's activity.\nThen Barney died at a very early age.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: What do you think drew him to that, being such a community participant?\n\nMEDINTZ: Barney? I don't know how he got started with it, but he was a very\nbright man. He became so dedicated to Judaism and to the community. [He] found\nhis niche there and it was rewarding for the community and for him.\n\nThere's another stem off that's ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1230.0,1260.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"interesting. Barney wrote an article for the UJA\n[United Jewish Appeal] paper. There was a cousin in South Africa who read it. He\nmade contact to see if they were related. Sure enough, we found a brand-new\ncousin and his wife, who came from Brazil. They lived in Uitenhage, South\nAfrica. Then, they ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1260.0,1290.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"moved to Port Elizabeth [South Africa]. Then, things got hot\nand heavy with the apartheid and all that, so they left everything, and they\ncame to the United States. They lived in New York for many years and now they\nare Atlanta residents.\n\nBERMAN: That is great.\n\nMEDINTZ: That's how we found that part of the family.\n\nBERMAN: What kind... How would you describe Barney Medintz? 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Dorothy, of course, filled a different role, but she was ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1320.0,1350.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"very much a\nsuited mate for him and his activities. The community loved him. He gave to the\ncommunity. There's no question about it. That's why so many people still\nremember him. Of course, the camp is in his name, although there's no family\naffiliation other than the name. Barney was Barney. 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Coleman.\" His eyes went big\nas saucers even though ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1380.0,1410.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"there was no affiliation with Camp Coleman. But it was a\nreal set-up for the kid.\n\nBERMAN: Tell me about your husband. 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His sight\nwas heavily impaired, so we closed the business.\n\nBERMAN: You mentioned that you became very involved with Jewish War Veterans.\nWas that a welcoming community for the two of you, being both veterans, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1440.0,1470.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"when you\nmoved to Atlanta?\n\nMEDINTZ: It was a place to get started. The Jewish War Veterans have never been\nhigh on the 'must' list. You had B'nai B'rith, which was very prominent. You had\nthe synagogues that had an older generation. They were already pretty well\nentrenched, particularly in the AA [Ahavath Achim] Synagogue, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1470.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"which was the\nConservative synagogue at that time. We found our niche there. He became\nCommander of the Post and also Commander of the Department of Georgia and South\nCarolina. When he got off the road and was active in the post, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1500.0,1530.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I went to the\nLadies Auxiliary, and I became president of the Auxiliary.\n\nThere was a time when his health was not all that great and we weren't that\nactive in the post anymore, but I guess it was maybe... I became Commander of\nPost for the second time. I think in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1530.0,1560.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"2002 and 2003, Joe [Joseph] Kraut called me\nand asked me if I would be stand-up comedian for the program for the meeting\nthat night -- like that was my talent -- and I kind of bonded back with the\npost. I became commander, a life member, and I've been active ever since.\n\nBERMAN: If we could ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1560.0,1590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"backtrack a little bit in time to the war years again, when\ndid you first really hear about the concentration camps and what had happened to\nthe Jews of Europe?\n\nMEDINTZ: It's hard for me to put a date to that. I guess whenever the general\npublic heard. Here came the television, making it... just bringing it right into\nyour living room. All the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1590.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"news reels after that, just whatever informed the\ngeneral public. Did I go out of my way to find it? I don't think I had that kind\nof sense. You took it a day at a time, and you shook your head, and said, \"It\ncan't be,\" but there it is.\n\nBERMAN: In 1945, after the war in Europe ended, we were still fighting in the\nPacific and then ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1620.0,1650.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the atomic bomb was dropped.\n\nMEDINTZ: Right.\n\nBERMAN: How did you feel about that then and how do you feel about that now?\n\nMEDINTZ: I think it was a great move then. I think it's a great move now, which\nbrings me to another story. I had been volunteering at the Carter Center for\nabout ten years, until [President James Carter's] book came out. Last year...\nNo, I guess a ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1650.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"couple years [ago] now, there was a group of visitors from Japan\nwith an interpreter. One little woman there got up and she was describing how,\nwhen she was ten years old, they had to go into the garbage cans to find things\nto eat. Of course, she was very adamant, and she was very bitter about what had\ntaken place with the bomb. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1680.0,1710.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I got up and I spoke to the interpreter. I said,\n\"Please tell her that, while I feel very sorry for her, we're not the ones who\nstarted it.\" I walked out and several others came right with me. Then, I got to\nthe events director from the Carter Center. I said, \"You had no business setting\nthis up. You were way out of line.\" They also had an appointment to ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1710.0,1740.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"go to the\nLakeside High [School] and apparently the principal there said, \"No.\" They tried\nto deliver their messages on the lawn and they were run off by the police.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think it did shorten the war, dropping the bomb?\n\nMEDINTZ: Definitely, the hard way, but it was almost a question of them or us.\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1740.0,1770.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Since you get the feeling that life was not as precious to them, I think that\nwas the only thing that we could have done.\n\nBERMAN: What did you think about the internment of Japanese here in camps?\n\nMEDINTZ: It was a yes and no thing. A lot of people were caught who shouldn't\nhave been. A lot of people... It was a ticklish situation. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1770.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There was a time when\nyou felt that every Japanese that you ran across was the enemy if they were\nwalking on the street or behind bars. That was... I'm sure that was the feeling\nacross the country. Those that you don't know you fear.\n\nBERMAN: Tom Brokaw described your generation in a book as the greatest ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1800.0,1830.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"ever. Do\nyou agree with that assessment?\n\nMEDINTZ: Yes, I do. We took them from all walks of life, took them from the\nfarms, took them from the tallest buildings. The country said, \"Come,\" and we\ncame. Yes, I really feel that. I'm much of a flag waver anyway and I feel that\nwe did a job. Those who are serving now ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1830.0,1860.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"are equally as important, even though\nthey're volunteers. Yes, I have to agree with that. I stand here with a flag in\nmy hand. My country right or wrong, it's still my country.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think the generation today is as patriotic as that generation?\n\nMEDINTZ: No way. They don't know what to do when a flag is presented. 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Was it one of the best ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1920.0,1950.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"tough of times of your life, or...?\n\nMEDINTZ: I never went through tough times. I was very lucky. I never lived in\nbarracks, other than once I got to Washington, they didn't have Navy barracks\nfor the WAVEs. They did have billets in some of the hotels. I happened to catch\none of the hotels. Not only that, I caught a private room. There were like three\non a floor and I caught one of them. 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But the experience and the people I\nworked with were very bright.\n\nBERMAN: Were there any other Jewish women in your unit?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=1980.0,2010.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MEDINTZ: Not in my unit. I went through boot camp with one Jewish girl from\nChicago. I don't know where she went from there. I lost touch with her. I didn't\nknow her before. I did come back to Chicago and went to her wedding, but I have\nno idea where she is. There was one Jewish girl from Newark [New Jersey], who\nwas mustered out on a medical discharge. I still stay in touch with her. 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Like I\nsay, I had it good, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=2070.0,2100.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"being in Washington. There was a lot of excitement in the\ncity at that time. So many were in uniform, you didn't feel out of place. I\nworked in the Navy department, so I was surrounded by everybody with a common\ninterest. I'm very serious, if I could have gone back today, I would go back\ntoday, but there's nobody who wants an old lady.\n\nBERMAN: When you were discharged in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=2100.0,2130.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/transcript/26805/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"1946, was it difficult to readjust to\ncivilian life?\n\nMEDINTZ: No. I came back. I immediately had a job working for attorneys. I\nworked for five attorneys. [I] handled the PBX board, did the books, did all of\nthe work there. Then, right after that, I became engaged and here I am.\n\nBERMAN: Here you are. 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This has been a pleasure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=2160.0,2190.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Medintz, Myra [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942. In 1943, it was converted to an active-duty status in the Army as the WAC. Applicants had to be U.S. citizens between the ages of 21 and 45 with no dependents, be at least five feet tall, and weigh 100 pounds or more. Over 150,000 American women served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War 11. Members of the WAC were the first women other than nurses to serve within the ranks of the United States Army. The majority of WACs served in clerical assignments, but many performed nontraditional jobs such as radio operator, electrician, and air traffic controller. 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Enlistment criteria included U.S. citizenship, an age of twenty to thirty-six, preferably single marital status, and a high school diploma or its equivalent. If the woman was married, her husband could not serve in the navy, and the children could not be under age eighteen. WAVES earned fifty dollars per month and wore navy blue uniforms with light blue stripes and brim hats.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003ePearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese surprised the United States by attacking the United States’ fleet, which was docked in Pearl Harbor. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was the beginning of World War II for the United States, which until that time had remained neutral. A few days later, Germany declared war on the United States as well and began fighting in the Pacific and Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Naval Women's Reserve was detached from active service in September 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Naval Training Center (WR) located at Hunter College, The Bronx, New York City, New York, served as the indoctrination Naval Training Station. Hunter College trained numerous Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) for basic training. The “WR” in the school's name stood for Women's Reserve. Women undertook march and drill and learned naval tradition, discipline, and vocabulary. Training varied from six to eight weeks. Each day began at 6 a.m. and concluded at 10 p.m. Nicknamed the \"USS Hunter,\" by mid-1945 the college had facilitated boot camp for about 81,000, WAVES. WAVES also trained for the enlisted rank of Yeoman at this location. The campus is now known as Lehman College. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eYeoman (YN) is the oldest rating in the United States Navy, dating back to 1794. Yeomen perform administrative and clerical work. They deal with visitors, telephone calls and incoming mail. YNs organize files and operate copy machines and order and distribute supplies. They write and type business and social letters, notices, directives, forms and reports. They maintain files and service records. Women had first been authorized to serve in the Navy under the Yeoman classification in World War I.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAfter indoctrination, WAVES attended advance training schools based on qualifications, preferences, and verbal, mathematical, and physical examinations for the thirty-four specialist ratings for women. On October 9, 1942, Oklahoma A\u0026amp;M College (now Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, began participation in the WAVES program, becoming one of the first educational facilities to offer yeoman or administrative training. The first class consisted of 644 women, and each succeeding class produced a maximum of 1,250 graduates. Originally, trainees were housed in three dormitories, Willard, Murray, and North Murray, with the addition of seven sorority and fraternity houses as enrollment increased. WAVES constituted the largest group of yeomen in the country, participating in twelve weeks of intensive instruction. Each day, physical exercise was followed by eight hours of classroom practice in secretarial skills such as filing, shorthand, stenography (at least 140 words per minute), and typing (at least eighty words per minute) as well as courses in history, public relations, naval correspondence, and decoding messages. At Oklahoma A\u0026amp;M College, trainees produced a newsletter, \"Brightwork,\" which discussed training and campus activities. WAVES also attended \"Aggies\" basketball games, participated in the drum-and-bugle corps, and performed in the Glee Club.  the WAVES program at Oklahoma A\u0026amp;M College was decommissioned in December 1944. The last class graduated on April 16, 1945. The college had the nation's largest enrollment for WAVES, producing 10,783 women for active service.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/42678/file/115227/annotation_set/516/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJudge Advocate General’s Corps, also known as ‘JAG’ or ‘JAG Corps,’ refers to the legal branch or specialty of the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Navy. Officers serving in the JAG Corps are typically called ‘Judge Advocates.’ They are legal advisors to the command to which they are assigned and their advice covers a wide range of issues dealing with administrative law, government contract, civilian and military personnel law, law of war and international relations, etc. They also serve as prosecutors for the military when conducting courts-martial. They are charged with the defense and prosecution of military law as provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 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