Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Editors Note: The following is an excerpt from Howard Leavtt’s Semper Chai , an amazing book that profiles numerous Jewish Marines through many generations. It’s Tough To Be the Only One As he puts it, he was the only Jewish Marine officer in his outfit most of the time in the Corps. In fact, he was the only Jewish Marine […]
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First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force Lt Dan Minkow is a logistics readiness officer and currently serves as the flight commander for his unit’s Management and Systems Flight. He has served at his current duty station at Travis Air Force Base in California for 2 1/2 years. Service in the Air Force is a family tradition for the Minkows. Both of […]
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Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Joshua Mandel seems to have a knack for service. He served two terms as the Ohio State University undergraduate president before he joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 2000. After his initial training, he returned home to Cleveland and began law school at Case Western Reserve University. While at Case, the young Republican worked for […]
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Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.) Major General Sidney Shachnow is most known for his 32 years of service with the U.S. Army Special Forces which culminated in his position as commander of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command. General Shachnow served two tours in Vietnam and earned two Silver Stars and three Bronze Stars with V for Valor. General Shachnow’s […]
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Private First Class, U.S. Army PFC Levinson was 23 when he was drafted in 1960 and was stationed at Fort Ord for 2 years. He served as a Chaplain’s Assistant and Supply Clerk. In the third week of Basic Training at Ft. Ord, Levinson was called out of class and told that a sergeant would be his driver and that […]
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Editors Note: The following is an excerpt from Howard Leavitt’s Semper Chai , an amazing book that profiles numerous Jewish Marines through many generations. This is the first of many features to come from Mr. Leavitt. Sheldon Gross landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day with the fifth wave on February 19, 1945 and participated in combat action there as a […]
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Captain, U.S. Army Captain Lev was born in Moscow in 1976. While the Soviet Union was not the most welcoming environment for Jews at the time, she was able to have an active Jewish childhood. I was lucky enough to attend Hebrew school and Youth Zionist camp while over there. I also participated in the Bat Mitzvah twin program and […]
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