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== Biography ==

Henry J. Abraham was born on 25 August 1921 in Offenbach, Germany, the son of Frederick and Liesel Kullman Abraham, in a Jewish family. In 1937, as the Nazi regime tightened its hold, he was sent to the United States to live with relatives. His father was arrested on Kristallnacht and held for two months in Dachau concentration camp. In 1939 Abraham was reunited with his parents and his brother Otto, and the family settled in Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school that year. He worked as a general bookkeeper and managed the office of a scrap metal yard.

Henry Julian Abraham was born on 25 August 1921 in Offenbach, Germany, the son of Frederick and Liesel Kullman Abraham, in a Jewish family. In 1937, as the Nazi regime tightened its hold, he was sent to the United States to live with relatives. His father was arrested on Kristallnacht and held for two months in Dachau concentration camp. In 1939 Abraham was reunited with his parents and his brother Otto, and the family settled in Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school that year. He worked as a general bookkeeper and managed the office of a scrap metal yard.

Abraham enlisted at Pittsburgh and in May 1943 entered the Army Specialized Training Program language course at Kenyon College. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen on 13 December 1943. In December 1944 he entered Camp Ritchie as a Technician Fifth Grade, and on 3 March 1945 he graduated with [[Class 26]] (German). He was later promoted to staff sergeant. Fluent in German, French, and English, Abraham served as an enlisted man and later as an officer in U.S. Army intelligence in Western and Central Europe, earning two battle stars and the Commendation Medal.

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 == Biography ==
-Henry J. Abraham was born on 25 August 1921 in Offenbach, Germany, the son of Frederick and Liesel Kullman Abraham, in a Jewish family. In 1937, as the Nazi regime tightened its hold, he was sent to the United States to live with relatives. His father was arrested on Kristallnacht and held for two months in Dachau concentration camp. In 1939 Abraham was reunited with his parents and his brother Otto, and the family settled in Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school that year. He worked as a general bookkeeper and managed the office of a scrap metal yard.
+Henry Julian Abraham was born on 25 August 1921 in Offenbach, Germany, the son of Frederick and Liesel Kullman Abraham, in a Jewish family. In 1937, as the Nazi regime tightened its hold, he was sent to the United States to live with relatives. His father was arrested on Kristallnacht and held for two months in Dachau concentration camp. In 1939 Abraham was reunited with his parents and his brother Otto, and the family settled in Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school that year. He worked as a general bookkeeper and managed the office of a scrap metal yard.
 Abraham enlisted at Pittsburgh and in May 1943 entered the Army Specialized Training Program language course at Kenyon College. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen on 13 December 1943. In December 1944 he entered Camp Ritchie as a Technician Fifth Grade, and on 3 March 1945 he graduated with [[Class 26]] (German). He was later promoted to staff sergeant. Fluent in German, French, and English, Abraham served as an enlisted man and later as an officer in U.S. Army intelligence in Western and Central Europe, earning two battle stars and the Commendation Medal.