Jewish WWI Soldier’s Honor May Receive Upgrade
Three times Sgt. William Shemin dashed into the no-man’s land between the trenches. Each time, with rifle and machine gun bullets flying around him, he dragged a wounded comrade to safety. Then, when several leaders of his platoon were killed or injured, he took command and “showed great initiative under fire” until he, too, was wounded, felled by a machine […]
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