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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“What is a nice Jewish girl going to do in the military, especially in the Marine Corps?” –Miranda Bloch’s incredulous father Oy, don’t get me started about that question. The Jewish Women’s Archive has an excellent profile of Miranda Bloch, who enlisted in the Marine Corps during WWII and served as an aviation technician for training flights that prepared pilots […]
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The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington recently wrote about a memorial service held for Arthur Welsh, an influential aviation pioneer and our country’s first Jewish aviator. Welsh, born Laibel Willcher in Russia, emigrated with his parents to America as a boy. He served in the Navy and eventually found his way to the inner circle of the Wright brothers where he […]
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This past week I had a unique opportunity as a Jewish layleader. I’m currently serving as a flight instructor for naval aviators near Pensacola, Florida. I’m extremely happy to (finally) live in a place with an active Jewish community. However, having two synagogues in town usually means that most of what I do as a layleader is refer them […]
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