[1][2][3] Seeman entered the US Army in 1942, serving in the Quartermaster Corps with the 6th Port Headquarters in Morocco, Italy and France during World War II.

[5] On November 7, 2020, the Library of Congress, Veterans History Project 20th Anniversary Event Celebration live-streamed a song performance with an introduction by Mark Sweeney, Principal Deputy Librarian featuring Murray Seeman's quote from the NSTV on-camera interview.

[6] Seeman was born on July 7, 1914, to a Jewish family in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, the son of Dora (née Schachter) and Benjamin, both of Hungarian descent.

[8] Seeman was an avid reader of the Sentinel's The Sabbath Angel Young Folks' Page Riddle Box,[9][10][11][12][13] conducted by Judith Ish-kishor,[14] corresponding with answers to the puzzles and charades.

New York Supreme Court Justice John MacCrate, Vida R. Sutton, speech director of the National Broadcasting Company, and Professor Joseph Mosher of City College were the judges.

[27] Seeman was transferred from Camp Lee to Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, where he joined the 6th Port Headquarters, an Army unit, under the command of R. Hunter Clarkson, that he would stay with until the end of the War.

[28][29] In an interview filmed by NSTV,[30][31] Seeman recounted loading the troops of the First Division, known as the Big Red One, onto the Queen Mary on its wartime voyage to England.

[34] In 2020, Murray Seeman's World War II Collection of video interviews, photos and letters were donated by his daughter, Roxanne Seeman to the Veterans History Project[5] at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.[35] On November 7, 2020, as part of the Veterans History Project 20th Anniversary Celebration Event, the Library of Congress live-streamed her song tribute performance "In Love And War" with an introduction by Mark Sweeney, Principal Deputy Librarian featuring a videoclip quote from Murray Seeman and dedicating it to the veterans of the Greatest Generation and their legacies.

Among his pursuits, he was an advocate for environmental protection, the prevention of dumping in the Long Island Sound, the ecology of Udalls Cove and the restriction of offshore hunting.

[50] The 6th Port was Awarded the Meritorious Service Plaque for Superior Performance In Control and Execution of its Port Missions, 1945[4] New York State Bar Association Award of Merit, 1985[51] New York Emmy nomination, World War II Veterans Stories program, Military Program, on-camera contributor, 2013[5] Lifetime Achievement, Brooklyn College, 2014[52] Senate resolution upon the occasion of Murray Seeman's 100th Birthday, 2015[53][54] Community Service Award, Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, 2015[55][56] Seeman was married Lee née Sachs, Town Councilwoman of North Hempstead from 2005 to 2021 and appointed by President Clinton to serve on the United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.