Ungerleider

"He just toppled forward, dead," Gen. Ungerleider said, "and Billy got a nice Lugar pistol out of the deal."

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

They returned to the main yard, and Lt. Ungerleider spoke a mixture of Yiddish, English and German to the camp inmates.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

Lt. Ungerleider sent his men to check the grounds for remaining Nazi soldiers.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

But Nordhausen, in central Germany, was different from those other experiences, said Gen. Ungerleider, who died of pneumonia in Washington on Feb. 13.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

During his Army career, Gen. Ungerleider maintained ties to his Jewish roots.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

Alvin David Ungerleider was born July 30, 1921, in West New York, N.J. He was 8 when his father, an insurance salesman, died.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Ruth Golden Ungerleider of Burke; three children, Neil Ungerleider of Boxford, Mass., Ilene Ungerleider of Somerville, Mass., and Dan Ungerleider of Burke; a sister; and six grandchildren.

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

"I've had many nightmares over the years," Gen. Al Ungerleider once said, "about what happened at Nordhausen."

A Local Life: Al Ungerleider, 89; old soldier recalled nightmare mission 2011

There is also an Ungerleider chair of Judaic studies and two professorships in related disciplines at Brown University.

Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson. 2009

But Ungerleider-Mayerson not only endowed projects in biblical archaeology, she took a personal interest in the field.

Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson. 2009