WWII Medic to Share Wartime Experiences
Andrew 'Tim' Kiniry receiving his honorary Doctor of Public Service degree at the 2025 Stockton Commencement.
Galloway, N.J. 鈥 World War II veteran Sgt. Andrew 鈥淭im鈥 Kiniry, who鈥檚 104 years old, will talk about his experiences during the war and in liberating the Buchenwald concentration camp during a talk on 国产传媒鈥檚 Galloway campus on April 16.
Kiniry, who received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree during Stockton鈥檚 Commencement in 2025, will speak at 6 p.m. in West Quad Room 103.
After being drafted in 1942 and trained as a medic, Kiniry landed on Omaha Beach in France on D-Day (June 6, 1944). As a 45th Evacuation Hospital Combat Medic, he also participated in the Battle of the Bulge, crossed the Rhine River into Germany in April 1945 and was sent to Buchenwald to treat victims for 10 days. The war ended on May 8, 1945, and Tim returned home to Belcoville in South Jersey on Nov. 10, 1945.
The event is co-sponsored by Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Garr-Greenstein Friedenberg Jewish War Veterans Post 39, Stockton鈥檚 minors in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Jewish Studies, the university鈥檚 High School Dual Credit in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, the Board of Jewish Education of Atlantic and Cape May Counties and the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties.
Kiniry鈥檚 talk is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP by calling the Holocaust Resource Center at 609-652-4699 or emailing hrc@stockton.edu.
