Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Editor’s note: Margery Gross is a member of JWV Post 39 in Atlantic County, NJ. In 1896, a group of Jewish Civil War veterans got together to form the Hebrew Union Veterans (HUV) group. This group was the direct result of slanderous accusations that Jews had not participated in the military during the War Between the States. What is difficult […]
Read moreEditors Note: We normally focus on Jews in the U.S. Military, but this nod to our Canadian brethren is well deserving. Thanks Canuck! This newly established museum now has a website up: www.jcmm.ca While there is a lot of growing to do to develop the museum and its site, if you go into the Collections & Research page they have […]
Read moreBy Sheldon Derer (From the cover) “At Tarawa, Saipan & Tinian, I saw Marines killed and wounded in a shocking manner, but I saw nothing like the ghastliness that hung over the Iwo beachhead. Nothing any of us had ever known could compare with the utter anguish, frustration and constant inner battle to maintain some semblance of sanity,” said Lt. […]
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Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the battle for Iwo Jima. I thought it appropriate to spotlight some news and information about the Jews who fought and died in the five-week battle between 70,000 American Marines (1,500 of which were Jewish) and an unknown number of deeply entrenched Japanese defenders. The Metro West Daily writes about Sam […]
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Sandee Brawarsky of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles recently wrote about her thoughts on Jews who fought in WWII. More specifically, she talks about her father’s experiences in WWII and her reactions to Deborah Dash Moore’s book: GI Jews. I wrote about the book when it first came out back in October. I finally bought the book, but […]
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When I first heard about General Sidney Shachnow’s amazing journey from the depths of an eastern European ghetto to the top ranks of the US Army, I was quite intrigued. After researching his story, I found out that the general was in the process of writing an autobiography. I immediately put my pre-order in at Amazon.com. Well, finally got a […]
Read moreThe JTA reports on a ceremony honoring Jewish World War II veterans and their families at New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Speakers included WWII veterans: Henry Kissinger (Army Captain), New York City Mayor Ed Koch, (Army Sergeant), and Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney (Navy Lieutenant Commander). The event coincided with […]
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