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I am a Sephardic Jew born in Baghdad, Iraq. I served in the U.S. Army, mostly in Korea, with the First Cavalry Division,15th Aviation Company. I retired in 2003 and authored 2 books: Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad And the Return and History of The Jews and Israel. My life’s story can be found on my website: www.saulsilasfathi.com or you […]
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The Washington Post has a touching story about LCpl Colin Wolfe’s death in Iraq and the loved ones he left behind at home. Wolfe had volunteered for a midday mission in the town of Habbaniya. During the patrol, his Humvee hit a roadside bomb. The blast ignited the gas tank, then the ammunition. He died instantly. He was buried in […]
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Captain Robert Secher was killed last month in Iraq. A man who wanted so much to be a Marine that he went to boot camp at 17 is being mourned in Germantown. Taps sounded at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery yesterday for Captain Robert Michael Secher, who was killed by a sniper’s bullet in Iraq. At Secher’s funeral at Temple […]
Read moreExeprt from Marine Felt Calling After 9/11 Attacks, by Leef Smith of the Washington Post: Tuesday, September 12, 2006; Colin Wolfe was in sixth grade, fixated on girls, sports and the challenges of being a preteen, when a group of Marines visited his Manassas elementary school. He returned to his Manassas home that afternoon with their presentation swimming in his […]
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Spending the High Holidays in Iraq is becoming a regular occurrence these days. While the novelty of celebrating such an important Jewish holiday in an Arab land might have worn off, the level of support for those deployed there has only strengthened. A substantial force of reserve, active duty, and volunteer rabbis will be heading to the Sandbox in order […]
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The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, has a program to sponsor a Yahrzeit for any fallen Jewish comrade who has died in Iraq or Afghanistan. In order to facilitate this process they need the permission of the surviving family. If you or anyone you know can provide the contact information of surviving families of, Army SGT Michael B. Shackelford […]
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Extracted from The Jewish Chronicle (published in London) The Jewish serviceman who rescued the last Jew in Basra told the JC how he considered it his duty to help her. The Army captain, identified only as Bob for security reasons saved Selima Moshe Nissim in 2003. She had been in hiding for 30 years after the death of her husband. […]
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