A Jewish infantryman whose company responded when the rest of his battalion was encircled
Tag: Jewish History
1st Lieutenant Harry M. First (1915–1944)
The son of a rabbi, this Fifteenth Air Force navigator was close to completing his 50-mission tour when he took off for Austria
Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Benjamin S. Steelman (1925–1944)
A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
Private Herbert Rubenstein (1923–1944)
A Jewish medic whose unit was encircled at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge
Private 1st Class Nathan Balick (1919–1944)
A Jewish infantryman who first went into combat in Normandy shortly after D-Day
Private 1st Class Morton Wolson (1925–1944)
A college student who volunteered for the U.S. Army who first went into combat in Lorraine
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945)
A soldier involved in U.S. Army Air Forces training stateside whose tragic death was published by the press before his family was notified
Technician 5th Grade Max V. Schwitzgold (1911–1944)
A store owner and father who became a victim of the infamous Malmédy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge
Private Louis W. Bellow (1924–1944)
A music student turned infantryman whose instinct in battle was to rush to the aid of his wounded comrades
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)
An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy
