Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
“The world should be made aware of what the flight nurses did. We started air evacuation medicine, which helped save thousands of lives.” —Yetta Moskowitz A pioneer of air evacuation medicine, Yetta Moskowitz received an air medal for flying over 100 hours through combat zones in New Guinea and the Philippines to evacuate wounded soldiers in World War II. Moskowitz […]
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“From the time my mother took me on a two dollar airplane ride in Asbury Park, New Jersey in the 1920’s, I fell in love with flying and I knew I was going to become a pilot someday.” —Selma Kronan In 1942, the United States was suffering through a severe shortage of pilots. Men were needed to fight overseas, and […]
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Rabbi Landman’s memoir, My Sky Pilot Career : A Rabbi in the United States Air Force, is a wonderful look into the career of this accomplished Jewish Chaplain. For those unfamiliar with Rabbi Landman’s work, he served as an Air Force chaplain for over 25 years and played a major role in shaping the Jewish chaplaincy into what it is […]
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I get this question a lot, and not just from JIG readers. While I’m a little biased to the Few and the Proud, even I can admit that there are different benefits and downsides to serving in each of the different branches. Well the folks over at About.com put together a decent guide to choosing a service to enlist in. […]
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Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, died Jan. 5 from injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan. Seidler and his team, charged with clearing a safe path for a 21-vehicle convoy near Musa Qala in Helmand, had neutralized two roadside bombs when a third exploded. Seidler and two […]
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Via the Military Times: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz sent a servicewide memo Sept. 1 cautioning leaders at all levels to balance the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom and the prohibition on government intrusion. “We have seen instances where well-meaning commanders and senior noncommissioned officers appeared to advance a particular religious view among their subordinates, calling into […]
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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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