A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
Tag: Jewish History
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
Sergeant Martin Eisenman (1916–1944)
An aircraft mechanic from Wilmington caught in the ill-fated Philippine Islands during his second enlistment in the U.S. Army
Sergeant Harry Fineman (1916–1942)
The first soldier from Delaware killed in action during World War II, who earned the Silver Star Medal during the defense of the Philippines
Delaware's World War II Fallen 