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Spirit, Courage and Conviction: A Tour of the National Museum of American Jewish Military History
The Untold Story of the Jewish Effort to Pass the G.I. Bill
On June 22nd, we celebrate the anniversary of the G.I. Bill, a historic act that was the first major piece of legislation dealing with the postwar era challenges to come. With veterans coming home to already fully staffed factories, the G.I. Bill, officially known as the Service Member Readjustment Act of 1944, helped stop another recession by providing education and […]
Read moreRabbi Gittelsohn’s Iwo Jima Eulogy
The following is the text from a sermon given by Rabbi Steven Rein of Agudas Achim Synagogue in Alexandria, VA. For the second time in recent memory, the festival of Shavuot, and more specifically, the recitation of Yizkor, coincides with Memorial Day. Today, we recall not only parents, children, siblings, friends, and family, but more than one million men and […]
Read moreMemorial Day Tributes from NMAJMH
As we approach Memorial Day 2015, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History is remembering some Jewish individuals who have died in military service. See the entire Tumblr blog. http://nmajmh.tumblr.com/post/119529300905/corporal-roger-briskin-born-april-17-1947
Read moreA Visit to Normandy
The following is the account of a visit to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France from reader Lou Schwartz: I never knew these men; they had died 4 years before I was born. They now rested on a high plateau overlooking the beach where they perished. A beach that in 1944 was an open killing ground providing some shelter about 400 […]
Read morePresident to Award Medal of Honor to Jewish WWI Vet
On June 2, 2015, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Army Sergeant William Shemin and to Army Private Henry Johnson for conspicuous gallantry during World War I. Sergeant William Shemin will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions while serving as a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American […]
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