Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Corporal, U.S. Army Corporal Tibor “Ted” Rubin served in the Army from February 13, 1950 to July 20, 1953. During that time he served in the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was a POW in North Korea for 30 months, wounded twice and received two purple heart awards, and was recently awarded the Medal of Honor. In the […]
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Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Barry Steven Roffman had ten years in the Naval Reserve before being honorably discharged in 1979. He served on 5 aircraft carriers, 4 destroyers, an amphibious communications command ship, and a minesweeper. In 1983 he enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve as an E-5 (QM-2), and received another commission in 1985. He then worked his […]
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Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain since 1978, was promoted to colonel on May 3 of this year making her the first female rabbi in the U.S. Army to hold that rank. Rabbi Koppel is used to firsts, as she was the first female rabbi commissioned in the Army and is currently one of […]
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Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.) In April of this year, the United States Naval Academy’s Alumni Association honored Rear Admiral (ret) Robert H. Wertheim with its Distinguished Graduate Award. Wertheim, graduated with distinction from the class of 1946. Immediately after graduation he served aboard destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. In 1947, he was a member of the […]
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Lt. General, U.S. Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz is Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. As Chief, he serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of 680,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of […]
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2nd Lt., U.S. Army Air Corps In October 1942, at the age of 19, Paul Canin enlisted in the Army Air Corps and attended basic training at Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas. At his gunnery school, Canin learned how to shoot .50 caliber machine guns from various types of gun turrets. Following his gunnery training he attended tech school […]
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Sergeant, U.S. Army SGT Popkin enlisted in the Army in 1999. Following his initial training, he was stationed at Fort Riley, KS. There he served as the commo chief of tank company in 1/13th Armor, which included an NTC rotation at Fort Irwin, CA. From April of 2002 to December of 2003, SGT Popkin was stationed at Camp Carrole (Waegwan, […]
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