Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
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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President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will award the Medal of Honor to 24 Soldiers during a March 18 ceremony at the White House. Seven awards will go to World War II veterans, nine to Korean War veterans, and eight to Vietnam War veterans. All awards are posthumous with the exception of three living Vietnam veterans. The awards come […]
Read moreReturning from work one day, my wife wanted to tell me about one of her customers. He shops at the jewelry store she works at, coming in a couple of times a month. Way led to way and it came out that her husband was a Marine, and Jewish. Apparently this man had never met a Jew before, let alone […]
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The White House announced September 14 that Cpl. Tibor Rubin in recognition of his courageous actions in Korea from 1950 to 1953 will be awarded the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor will be presented to Rubin by President Bush during a White House ceremony, September 23. At age 13, Rubin was forced from his native Hungarian Jewish community […]
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Sergeant, U.S. Air Force from Sgt. Levitow’s Medal of Honor citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty. Sergeant John L. Levitow (then Airman First Class), U.S. Air Force, distinguished himself by exceptional heroism on 24 February, 1969, while assigned as a loadmaster aboard a AC-47 […]
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