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To celebrate the 359th anniversary of Jewsin America, the National Museum of

American Jewish Military History would

like to share with you what we are doing

to collect, preserve, and tell the history of

American Jews who have stood and fought

for this country.


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This presentation features a sampling of

topics to be covered in the National

Museum of American Jewish Military

History's future permanent exhibition.


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Colonial Era

Cape Henry.

National Park Service.


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In 1654, Jewish refugees

fleeing persecution in theformer Dutch colony of

Recife, Brazil, arrived in

New Amsterdam (New

York City). The RecifeJews became the first

Jewish community in North

America, though individual

Jews had been there

possibly as early as theSpanish conquistadors in

the West."Description of the Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam as it was inSeptember 1661," 1664.

Map Collections, The British Library.


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Even in New Amsterdam they

encountered continued forms ofpersecution and harassment.


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Minute Man National HistoricPark. National Park Service.

In one case, Governor Stuyvesant asked

the colonial council to bar Jews from

serving in the volunteer home guard.

The council levied a special tax on

Jews to pay for others to serve in their

place.


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On November 5, 1655 Asser Levyfiled petitions with the colonial court

asking that they either be allowed to

stand watch with the other citizensor relieved of the tax. After a two

year fight, Levy won the right tostand watch.


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From these early Jews who fought for

the right to defend their new land, there

has followed a multitude of Jews whohave fought and served throughout

American history.


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One of the claims anti-Semites, or

those not well informed, have made

was that American Jews did not servein the military. The record shows

quite a different picture.


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While the stories that can be told about

American Jewish participation and heroism in

battle are many, we would like to introduce you

to a few of those American Jews that have

served this country....


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Revolutionary War


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There were about 2,000 Jews living in

America during the time of the

Revolutionary War.

There was a predominantly Jewish militia

company from South Carolina. The

company originated in a region that was

mostly populated by Jews.

Valley Forge.



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Plaque by Historical Commission of Charleston, SC

Francis Salvador

Francis Salvador, a London born

landowner, served as a delegate to

the South Carolina Provincial

Congress in 1775. He was the first

Jew in America to hold elective

office as well as the first Jew to die

in the Revolutionary War.


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Haym Solomon was an important financier of

the American side during the RevolutionaryWar, negotiating many loans for the colonies

from France and Holland.

Haym Salomon.National Park

Service.


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In 1779, Solomon Bush was promoted to lieutenant

colonel in the Continental Army, making him the

highest ranking Jewish officer in America. Duringa battle with the British at Brandywine, his

brother, Captain Lewis Bush, was mortally

wounded, and Lt. Col. Bush received a near-fatal

wound.


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War of 1812

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic

Shrine. National Park Service.


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After independence was secured, Jewish-

Americans continued to participate in the

new armed forces of the UnitedStates. During the War of 1812, Jews were

involved on land and sea in fighting the

British.

"A View of the Bombardment of Fort McHenry," print by J. Bower, Philadelphia, 1816.

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.


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Mexican War

"Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mjico," 1847, John

Disturnell. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.


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The Mexican War, a conflict over territory

between the United States and Mexico, wasfought from 1846 to 1848.

Battle of Palo Alto, 8th May 1846. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.


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Dr. David de Leon from SouthCarolina twice took command of

combat soldiers on the battlefield

who lost their own commanders. Hereceived a special citation from

Congress for this heroic action.


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Other well-known Jewish combatants

of this war include Colonel Leon

Dyer, Israel Moses, and GeneralDavid Emanuel Twiggs.


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Civil War

Little Round Top, Gettysburg National Military Park.



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The Civil War literally was brother fighting

against brother. The losses on both sides

were tremendous, and Jewish-Americans,like all other Americans, shared in that

tragedy on both sides of the field.

Gettysburg National Military Park. National Park Service.


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In 1861 a Louisiana Senator, Judah Philip

Benjamin, was appointed Attorney

General by Confederate President

Jefferson Davis. In 1862 he was

appointed Confederate Secretary of State.

The Confederacy

The same Dr. David de Leon that fought valiantly in the

United States war against Mexico earlier was the first

Surgeon General of the Confederacy.

Judah Benjamin, ca. 1861, Salted paper print. Attributed to Jesse Whitehurst.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.


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The Army of the Confederate States of America (CSA)

had more than twenty Jewish-American staff officers.

Captain Levi Myers Harby, Navy-CSA, distinguished

himself in the defense of Galveston. Captain Harby

was decorated for his leadership and bravery.

The Confederacy

Two Dollar Bill of the Confederate States of America picturing Judah

Benjamin.

Library of Congress Hebraic Section.


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Many Jews served with

honor in the Union army.

Several Union officers of

Jewish origin were brevetted

generals during the Civil

War.

The Union


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Frederick Knefler of Indiana was one of

these brevetted generals. In April of 1861,

Knefler mustered in as first lieutenant of

the 11th Indiana Infantry. He saw action

at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, andAtlanta. By the time he mustered out in

June of1865, he had been promoted to brigadier

general.

Frederick Knefler.

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War.

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Other Jews in the Union

Edward S. Salomon, who became governor of the

Washington Territory after the war, was the commander of

the 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was famous for

his bravery and leadership at Gettysburg.

Philip J. Joachimson was a New York District Attorney who

secured the first anti-slavery conviction. He was

instrumental in organizing the 59th New York Volunteer

Regiment. He served as a lieutenant colonel in theRegiment and was later promoted to brigadier general.


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The first authorized Jewish chaplain,

Jacob Frankel, was appointed by

Presidential Order on September 10,

1862. Up to this time, the military onlyappointed Christian clergy as chaplains.

Jewish Chaplains in the Military

Letter from Isaac Leeser to Abraham Lincoln, August 21, 1862. In his capacity as Secretary of theBoard of Ministers of the Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia, Leeser wrote to President Lincoln

asking that a Jewish chaplain be appointed to minister to Jewish soldiers.

Library of Congress, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division.

Rabbi Jacob Frankel.

United States Army Chaplain Center and School.


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Born in North Carolina, Alfred

Mordecai was educated at West Point

and graduated first in his class in 1823.

He was the Army's leading ordnance

expert and compiled its first ordnance

manual in 1841. In 1861 he resigned his

commission, refusing to break his oath,but unwilling to bear arms against

family and friends.

Alfred Mordechai

Alfred Mordechai at WestPoint.


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The Medal of Honor was

established by Congress during

the Civil War. It is the highestaward given for valor. During

the Civil War, four American

Jews received the Medal of

Honor.

Medal of Honor


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Pvt. Benjamin Levy

This soldier, a drummer boy, took the gun of a

sick comrade, went into the fight, and whenthe color bearers were shot down, carried the

colors and saved them from capture.

Pvt. David

Urbansky Received the Medal of Honor for

gallantry in action during the battles of

Shiloh, Tennessee

and Vicksburg, Mississippi.


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Sgt. Maj. Abraham Cohn

During Battle of the Wilderness rallied and

formed, under heavy fire, disorganized and

fleeing troops of different regiments. AtPetersburg, VA, 30 July 1864, bravely and

coolly carried orders to the advanced line

under severe fire.

Sgt. Leopold Karpeles

While color bearer during the Wilderness

Campaign, Sgt. Karpeles rallied the retreating

troops and induced them to check the enemy's

advance.


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Indian Wars

Little Bighorn Battlefield NationalMonument. National Park Service.


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View of Little Bighorn River from Last Stand Hill. National Park Service.

From the 1840s to the 1880s, U.S. militaryforces fought numerous battles (usually

small skirmishes) with American Indians in

an effort to clear routes west for whiteemigrants and to establish government

control over the vast territory.


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Many Jews fought in the

Indian Wars, including Sgt.Simon Suhler (also known as

Charles Gardiner). He

enlisted in the 8th

Cavalry in 1866.His outfit was sent to fight

the Apaches in Arizona and

in 1868 he received the

Medal of Honor for his"bravery, in scouts and

actions."


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Max Jacobson served with the U.S. Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Troop I during the Indian Wars.

Jacobson is shown in this photo (marked with an X above his head), taken in 1886, following

the surrender of Apache chief Geronimo on the council grounds in Arizona Territory.


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Hebrew Union Veterans

Maurice, Simmons, Commander-in-Chief of the Hebrew Veterans

of the War with Spain.Maurice Simmons Collection, NMAJMH.


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After the Civil War the nation proceeded to

heal its wounds. Unfortunately there were

those that refused to recognize thecontributions American Jews made on both

sides of that war.


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HUVA Founded in 1896

Jewish veterans of the Civil War, stung

by the slander that Jews had avoided

military service, formed the HebrewUnion Veterans Association. This

organization later became the Jewish

War Veterans of the U.S.A.

M b f th H b U i V t


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At the roll call of its first meeting held on March 15,

1896, at the Lexington Opera House in New York City,

63 Jewish Civil War veterans were recorded as presentand as members of the Hebrew Union Veterans.

Members of the Hebrew Union Veterans

Association.

Collection NMAJMH.


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Spanish-American War

Isla de Puerto Rico, blueprint map.Library of Congress Geography and Map Division,


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When the U.S.S. Maine

was sunk in Havana on

February 15, 1898, fifteen

Jewish sailors perished.The ship's executive

officer, Adolph Marix, was

Jewish. He later became a

vice admiral in the Navy.Funeral procession for crewmen killed when the ship exploded, inthe streets of Havana, Cuba, shortly after the disaster.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

"Remember the Maine"


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During the Spanish-American War, the first

Rough Rider to die in combat was JacobWilbusky, a 16-year-old Jewish boy.


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In the attack on Manila, the first man to be

killed was a Jew, Sgt. Maurice Joost of theFirst California Volunteers.


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In 1900, Jews who served in the war with

Spain organized the Hebrew Veterans of

the War with Spain.

Original Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain membership

card.

Collection of the NMAJMH.Dr. Samuel Kopetsky, first Commander of the

Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain, ca. 1900.

Collection of the NMAJMH.


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President Theodore Roosevelt,

who had a Jewish contingent

among his Rough Riders in the

War with Spain, was named an

honorary member. Hebrew UnionVeterans and Hebrew Veterans of

the War with Spain arranged for

joint operations while retainingseparate identities.

Maurice, Simmons, Commander-in-Chief ofthe Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain.

Maurice Simmons Collection, NMAJMH.


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In 1912, both Jewish war veterans

organizations combined officially and

obtained corporate status under New York

State law. After admitting Jewish veterans of

World War I, the name of the organization waschanged to Hebrew Veterans of the Wars of

the Republic in 1919. In 1924 the

organization changed its name to the JewishWar Veterans of the Wars of the Republic.


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Haiti Campaign

"Capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915."

Painting by Colonel D.J. Neary

USMCR. Marine Corps Art Collection.


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The naval forces of the United Stateslanded in Haiti in July of 1915, when the

country, after the murder of the Haitian

president, had fallen into a condition ofanarchy. From 1915 to 1934 the U.S.

Marine Corps intermittently stepped in

during the Banana Wars to stabilize

Haiti.


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Private Samuel

Marguiles (servingunder the name Samuel

Gross) was awarded the

Medal of Honor for

actions on November

17, 1915 during the

Haiti Campaign.

Samuel Gross

"Capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915."Private Samuel Gross (far right), Major Smedley Butler, and Sergeant

Ross Iams were the first American soldiers to enter a breach in the wall of

Fort Riviere and engage the enemy Caco Bandits in hand-to-hand combat

in order to capture the fort. All three men were awarded the Medal of

Honor.

Painting by Colonel D.J. Neary USMCR.

Marine Corps Art Collection.


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World War I

"I Want You For the U.S. Army," 1917.

Color lithograph, James Montgomery Flagg.

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.


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When the United States declared war

against Germany in April 1917, a call

went out for men to enlist in themilitary. Approximately 200,000

Jews served in the armed forces

during World War I.


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Many Jews served with distinction during

WWI

Pizar Jacobs Collection, NMAJMH.

Sally Schackman Collection, NMAJMH.

Sam Dreben


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The inspiration for Damon Runyon's poem

"The Fighting Jew," Sam Dreben served in the

Spanish-American War, the Philippine

Insurrection, the Boxer Rebellion in China,and General Pershing's Punitive Expedition.

Dreben retired from the military trade after the

Mexican campaign, but when World War I

erupted he re-enlisted with the United StatesArmy, once again serving with distinction,

earning a Distinguished Service Cross.

Sam Dreben

Sam Dreben. Image from the

Jewish Veteran.

Collection NMAJMH.


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In addition to roughly 200 Jewish recipients

of the Distinguished Service Cross and 15

Jewish recipients of the Navy Cross, three

Jews were awarded the Medal of Honor fortheir service during World War I.

WWI American Jewish Medal of


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First Sergeant Sydney

Gumpertz, received for

actions in the Bois-de-

Forges, France, September

29, 1918.

First Sergeant Benjamin

Kaufman, received for

actions in Argonne Forest,

France, October 4, 1918.

Sergeant William

Sawelson, received for

actions in Grand Pre,

France, October 26, 1918.

WWI American Jewish Medal of

Honor Recipients


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Many Jewish officers led the way during

World War I, including:

Major General Milton J. Foreman

Lieutenant Benjamin B. Prager

Brigadier General Abel Davis


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In 1927, the JWV was successful

in securing passage of legislationrequiring the American

Battlefield Monument

Commission to place Star ofDavid markers on the graves of

Jewish soldiers buried in war

cemeteries in France. Heretofore,

the markers were Christian

crosses. Jewish war dead, France, 1944.Harry Weiss Collection, NMAJMH


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In 1929, the Jewish War Veterans of the Wars of theRepublic organization adopted the name which it has

retained to dateJewish War Veterans of the United

States of America.

"Boycott German Industry"


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On March 23, 1933 the Jewish War Veterans was the first

organization to launch a boycott of German goods in the

United States.

poster, 1933.



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More than 4,000 Jewish

veterans marched on

City Hall in New York

where they were

warmly welcomed bypolitical leaders. The

rally captured national

and international media

attention.

Anti-Nazi Parade, 1933.



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World War II

Hebrew Prayers for Roosevelt and Churchill,

ca. 1942. Plaque with hand-drawn flags with

manuscript prayers.Hebraic Section, Library of Congress.

The War Effort


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In 1941, immediately following Pearl Harbor, the JWV began an

"Emergency Program for Victory" as a means to support the war

effort.

The JWV and its National Ladies Auxiliary

were able to:

Sell war bonds exceeding $250 million.

Purchase seven fighter planes.

98 year old Daniel Harris, Civil War veteran, purchases a

$100 war bond from National Commander Benjamin

Kaufman and VA Administrator Frank Hines, September28, 1943.


JWV National Commander Benjamin Kaufman presents a

plane, "Star of David," to the U.S. Army Air Corps. Image

from the Jewish Veteran.

Collection of the

NMAJMH.

The War Effort

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Part of the "Program for Victory"

included arranging for the Navy

Department to commission severalships in honor of Jewish naval

heroes. In 1943, the JWV

sponsored the launching of the

escort destroyerU.S.S. Levy, named

in honor of Commodore Uriah

Levy.

The official launching of the U.S.S. Levy at Kearny, NJ on March 28, 1943.

WWII Jewish-American


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WWII Jewish-American

Medal of Honor Recipients

Second Lieutenant

Raymond Zussman,

received for actions at

Noroy le Bourg, France,

September 21, 1944.

Staff Sergeant Isadore

Jachman, received for

actions at Flamierge,

Belgium,

January 4, 1945.

Captain Ben Salomon,

received for actions at

Saipan, Marianas

Islands, July 7, 1944.


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In addition to the three American Jews whowere awarded the Medal of Honor for their

service in World War II, approximately 115

American Jews received the DistinguishedService Cross and 12 received the Navy

Cross.

Army Nurse Gertrude Shapiro at the U.S. Air Base on Titian during WWII (ca. 1944).Gertrude Shapiro Collection, NMAJMH.


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Thousands of Jewish women entered the military in

World War II. They served in all of the branches ofthe Armed Forces. The National Museum of

American Jewish Military History currently has an

exhibition featuring Jewish women who enlisted toserve in our country's armed forces. One of them

was Lt. Frances Slanger, an Army nurse.

Lt Frances Slanger


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Lt. Frances Slanger was one of four nurseswho waded ashore at the Normandy

beachhead on D-Day. On October 21,

1944 Lt. Slanger penned a letter recounting

her experiences and feelings. It wasprinted in Stars and Stripes, but tragically

she died in a German shell attack before

she could she see it.

World War II hospital ship, the Frances Y. Slanger,

named after the brave nurse who died in service.

The gravesite of Lt.

Slanger. Inscribed on the tombstone

was her own phrase, "The wounded

do not cry, their buddies come first."

Lt. Frances Slanger

J i h A i f h d ifi d


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Jewish-Americans fought and sacrificed

in every branch of service and every

theater during World War II. FromRabbi Alexander Goode, who was one

of the four chaplains who perished when

the U.S.S. Dorchestersank, to General

Maurice Rose, a hero of both WWI andWWII who died during battle in

Germany, the role that Jews played in the

Allied victory cannot be underestimated.

Gen. Maurice Rose

Rabbi

Alexander

Goode

Lt. Frances Slanger

"War Ends,"

StarsandStripes,

August 15, 1945.

Newspaper.

George Camins Collection,

NMAJMH


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Korean War

Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC.



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Many Jewish veterans of World

War II did not rest for long.

They rejoined the Americanarmed forces to fight in the

Korean War.

Often referred to as the "Forgotten War," the


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Often referred to as the Forgotten War, the

Korean War saw many Jews serve with

distinction in the U.S. armed forces.

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah in

Korea.

David Copell Collection,

NMAJMH


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Corporal Tibor Rubin distinguished himself byextraordinary heroism during the period from July 23,1950, to April 20, 1953, while serving as a rifleman

with Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st

CavalryDivision in the Republic of Korea. While his unit wasretreating to the Pusan Perimeter, Corporal Rubin wasassigned to stay behind to keep open the vital Taegu-

Pusan Road link used by his withdrawing unit.


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Major Melvin Garten was a highly decorated hero

of World War II who also served in Korea. He

received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, a

Presidential Unit Citation, and the Purple Heart

with three Oak Leaf Clusters for having beenwounded four times in battle in WWII. Garten

was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for

gallantry in Korea.


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Melvin Garten is not the only Jew to be citedfor heroism during the Korean War. Howard

Cardoza and Leonard Kravitz also received

the Distinguished Service Cross for their

actions in Korea, not to mention the countlessothers who received Silver Stars, Bronze

Stars, and similar medals.


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Vietnam War

Jack Jacobs receiving the Medal of Honor from President

Nixon.Jack Jacobs Collection, NMAJMH


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The Vietnam War in the

1960s and 1970s was a

long and drawn-out

conflict. Innumerable

Jews served with honorand heroism during

Vietnam.


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There were two Jewish

recipients of the Medal

Honor in the Vietnam

War: Col. Jack Jacobs,

U.S. Army, and Sgt. JohnL. Levitow, U.S. Air

Force.


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Colonel Jack Jacobs received the Medal of Honor for

his actions on March 9, 1968, in the Province of

Kien Phong, in the Republic of Vietnam. Jacobs

risked his life to save the lives of 12 soldiers and

stop an ambush of his unit.


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Sergeant John Lee Levitow (then Airman First Class), of the

Air Force 3rd Special Operations Squadron, received the

Medal of Honor for his actions over Long Binh. His AC-47

aircraft was struck by a mortar round while flying a night

mission and, though wounded himself, Levitow saved the

aircraft and its entire crew.


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Many Jewish women also

served in Vietnam. MaritaSilverman served in the

Army Nurse Corps and was

sent to An Khe, Vietnam in

August 1970, where she firstserved at the Eighth Field

Hospital and later was

assigned to the 95th

Evacuation Hospital at Da

Nang.

Marita Silverman lights Shabbat candles during a serviceat the 95thEvacuation Hospital in Da Nang, January 25,

1971.



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Recent Past

Rabbi Bonnie Koppell at the DMZ, Korea, 1993.Bonnie Koppell Collection, NMAJMH.

Operation Desert Storm


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Captain James Goldberg, 4-70 Battalion (Armor), Iron Brigade, First Armored Division, in front of the flag pole

(antenna) of a M1A1 tank. This photo was taken on February 28, 1991 in the Iraqi desert, the day after the

battle of Medina Ridge.

James Goldberg Collection, NMAJMH.

Cindy Gats


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Cindy Gats was a student at Penn

State University when she joined theROTC. Upon graduation in 1986,

Cindy was commissioned in the

United States Marine Corps. In the

summer of 1990, Capt. Gats was

ordered overseas as part of

Operation Desert Shield. During her

tour of duty in Saudi Arabia, Cindy

made a special point of joining her

fellow Jews in open celebrations ofShabbat and other Jewish holidays.

C dy Gats

Capt. Cindy Gats during Operation Desert Storm.

Afghanistan


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1st Lt. Ben Magidson, on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan with a cache of captured

Russian missiles and grenades.

Courtesy of David and 1st Lt. Ben Magidson.


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Operations Iraqi Freedom Enduring Freedom


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Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom

and New Dawn.

Jews were among the first U.S. casualties during

the initial Operation Iraqi Freedom. Below is a list

ofFallen Heroes, American Jewish Casualties ofOperations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and

New Dawn.


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Sfc. Daniel J. Agami

Hometown: Coconut Creek, Florida

Age: 25 years old

Died: June 21, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd BrigadeCombat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany

Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near their

vehicle in Baghdad.


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Sgt. Howard P. AllenHometown: Mesa, Arizona

Age: 31 years old

Died: September 26, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army National Guard, 860th Military Police Company,Army National Guard, Phoenix, Ariz.

Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his

Humvee in Baghdad.


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1st Lt. David R. Bernstein

Hometown: Phoenixville, PennsylvaniaAge: 24 years old

Died: October 18, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry Regiment,

173rd Infantry Brigade, Southern European Task Force, Vicenza,Italy

Incident: Killed when enemy forces ambushed his patrol with

rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire in Taza.


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Cpl. Albert Bitton

Hometown: Chicago, IllinoisAge: 20 years old

Died: February 20, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade

Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), FortCampbell, Ky.

Incident: Died Feb. 20 in Baghdad, from wounds suffered when

his vehicle encountered a makeshift bomb on Feb. 19.


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Sgt. Aron C. Blum

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Age: 22 years old

Died: December 28, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352,

Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine

Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.Incident: Died Dec. 28 at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.,

of a non-hostile cause after being evacuated from Al Anbar

province, Iraq, on Dec. 8.


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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. BrodskyHometown: Tamarac, Florida

Age: 33 years old

Died: July 21, 2012 in Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit:Navy, Navy Region Southwest Security Detachment, SanDiego, Calif.

Incident: Died in Kandahar Province from injuries caused by a

blast from a dismounted improvised explosive device.


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Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. BruckenthalHometown: Smithtown, New York

Age: 24 years old

Died: April 24, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Coast Guard, Tactical Law Enforcement Team South

Detachment 403, U.S. Coast GuardIncident: Killed in a suicide attack when a small boat carrying

bombs exploded as they stopped the craft to inspect it in the

Northern Persian Gulf.


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TSgt Anthony L. CapraHometown: Indian Head, Maryland

Age: 31 years old

Died: April 9, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Unit: Air Force, Detachment 63, 688 Armament Systems

Squadron, Indian Head City, Maryland

Incident: Killed in Golden Hills, Iraq, when he encountered a

makeshift bomb.


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Cpl. Ryan J. ClarkHometown: Lancaster, California

Age: 19 years old

Died: June 29, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Unit: Army, 40th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team,

Baumholder, GermanyIncident: Died in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio,

Tex., of injuries sustained on June 17 when a makeshift bomb

exploded near his Humvee during combat operations in Ramadi.


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Cpl. Michael R. CohenHometown: Jacobus, Pennsylvania

Age: 23 years old

Died:November 22, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd MarineDivision, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base,

Hawaii

Incident: Killed by enemy action in Fallujah.


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2nd Lt. Seth J. DvorinHometown: East Brunswick, New Jersey

Age: 24 years old


Unit: Army, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense ArtilleryRegiment, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Incident: Killed while inspecting a makeshift bomb in

Iskandariyah.


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Lance Cpl. Mark E. Engel

Hometown: Centennial, ColoradoAge: 21 years old

Died: July 21, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd

Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,N.C.

Incident: Died at Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston,

Tex. from injuries sustained during a fight on July 6 with enemy

forces in Anbar province.


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Cpl. Mark A. Evnin

Hometown: Burlington, Vermont

Age: 21 years old

Died: April 3, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Unit: Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine

Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Incident: Killed in a firefight in central Iraq.


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Pfc. Aaron E. FairbairnHometown: Aberdeen, Washington

Age: 20 years old

Died: July 4, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4thBrigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort

Richardson, Alaska

Incident: Killed when insurgents attacked the outpost using small

arms and indirect fires.


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1st Lt. Daniel Farkas

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Age: 42 years old

Died: July 4, 2008 in Operation Enduring Freedom.Unit: Army, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Syracuse, N.Y.

Incident: Died July 4 after a non-hostile incident at Camp Phoenix

in Kabul, Afghanistan.


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Sgt. Zachary M. FisherHometown: Ballwin, Missouri

Age: 24 years old

Died: July 14, 2010 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat Airborne), 20thEngineer Brigade (Combat), Fort Bragg, N.C.

Incident: Died at Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds

sustained when insurgents attacked their military vehicle with a

makeshift bomb.


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Spc. Jacob S. FletcherHometown: Bay Shore, New York

Age: 28 years old


Unit: Army, C Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd InfantryRegiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Southern European Task Force,

Vicenza, Italy

Incident: Killed on a bus in Samara when a makeshift bomb

exploded.


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Spec. Daniel J. Freeman

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Age: 20 years old

Died: April 6, 2005 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, Camp Ederle,Italy.

Incident: Killed when a CH-47 helicopter crashed in Ghazni,

Afghanistan.


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Spec. Douglas J. Green

Hometown: Sterling, VirginiaAge: 23 years old

Died: Aug 28th, 2011 in Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker

Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright,Alaska

Incident: Died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries

suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised

explosive device and small arms fire.


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Sgt. Foster L. Harrington

Hometown: Ft. Worth, Texas

Age: 31 years old

Died: September 20, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Unit: Marines, 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine

Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Mobile, Ala.

Incident: Killed by enemy action in Anbar province.


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Airman 1st Class Elizabeth N.

Jacobson Hometown: Riviera Beach,

Florida

Age: 21 years old

Died: September 28, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Unit: Air Force, 17th Security Forces Squadron, Goodfellow Air

Force Base, Tex.

Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near her convoy

vehicle near Camp Bucca.


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Lance Cpl. Jeremy M. KaneHometown: Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Age: 22 years old

Died: January 23, 2010 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4thMarine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp

Pendleton, Calif.

Incident: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand

province, Afghanistan.


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1st Lt. Nathan M. Krissoff

Hometown: Reno, Nevada

Age: 25 years old

Died: December 9, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 3rd MarineDivision, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

Incident: Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar

Province.


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Staff Sgt. James M. Malachowski

Hometown: Westminster, Maryland

Age: 25 years old

Died: March 20, 2011 in Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit: Marines, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd MarineDivision, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Incident: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand

province, Afghanistan.


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SPC Levi E. Nuncio

Hometown: Harrisonburg, Virginia

Age: 24 years old

Died: June 22, 2011 in Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd BrigadeCombat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Incident: Died in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds

suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms

fire.


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Pfc. Michael K. Oremus

Hometown: Highland, New York

Age: 21

Died: October 2. 2006 in Operation Iraqi FreedomUnit: Army, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police

Brigade, Seoul, Korea

Incident: Died after being shot by enemy forces in Baghdad.


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Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul

Hometown: The Dalles, Oregon

Age: 43 years old

Died: September 8, 2006 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army Reserves, 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. ArmyReserve, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Incident: Killed when a vehicle-borne makeshift bomb exploded

near his Humvee.


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Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg

Hometown: Miami Lakes, Florida

Age: 32 years old


Unit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rdBrigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Incident: Killed when his vehicle encountered a makeshift bomb

in Baghdad.


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Cpl. Dustin H. SchrageHometown: Indian Harbor Beach, Florida

Age: 20 years old

Died: May 6, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st MarineDivision, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Incident: Disappeared May 3 while crossing the Euphrates River

during a combat patrol in Anbar province. His body was found on

May 6.


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1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Age: 25 years old

Died: May 20, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces Command,Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

Incident: Died near Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from

a makeshift bomb.


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CPT. Joseph W. Schultz

Hometown: Port Angeles, Washington

Age: 36 years old

Died: May 29th, 2011 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. , 3rdIncident: Killed in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds

suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with a makeshift

bomb


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Capt. Robert M. Secher

Hometown: Germantown, Tennessee

Age: 33 years old

Died: October 8, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd MarineDivision, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

Incident: Killed while conducting combat operations against

enemy forces in Anbar Province


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Spec. Marc S. Seiden

Hometown: Brigantine, New Jersey

Age: 26 years old

Died: January 2, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment,82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Incident: Killed in an ambush in Baghdad.


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Airman 1st Class Matthew R. SeidlerHometown: Westminster, Maryland

Age: 24 years old

Died: January 5, 2012 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson Air ForceBase, Colo.

Incident: Died Jan. 5 in Shir Ghazi, Helmand province,

Afghanistan, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised

explosive device.


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Staff Sgt. Michael B. Shackelford

Hometown: Grand Junction, Colorado

Age: 25 years old


Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd BrigadeCombat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, South Korea

Incident: Killed during an attack on their unit while on patrol in

Ramadi.


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Pfc. Steven Shapiro

Hometown: Hidden Valley Lake, California

Age: 29 years old

Died: October 21, 2011 in Operation New DawnUnit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Advise and

Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Incident: Died in Tallil, Iraq of non-combat related injuries.


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Sgt. Alan D. Sherman

Hometown: Brick, New Jersey

Age: 36 years old

Died: June 29, 2004 in Operation Iraqi FreedomUnit: Marine Reserves, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force

Service Support Group, Marine Corps Reserve, Folsom, Pa.

Incident: Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.


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Capt. Benjamin A. Sklaver

Hometown: Medford, Massachusetts

Age: 32 years old

Died:October 2, 2009 in Operation Enduring FreedomUnit: Army, 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Greensboro, N.C.

Incident: Died in Murcheh, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered

when they were attacked by a suicide bomber.


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Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. SmithHometown: Rochester, New York

Age: 41 years old

Died: April 2, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Army Aviation Regiment, Hunter

Army Airfield, Georgia

Incident: Killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk

helicopter crashed in Karbala, central Iraq.


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Pfc. Eric D. Soufrine

Hometown: Woodbridge, Connecticut

Age: 20 years old

Died: June 14, 2011 in Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit: Army, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1stBrigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Incident: Died in Farah province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered

when insurgents attacked his unit using a makeshift bomb.


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1st Lt. Andrew K. Stern

Hometown: Germantown, Tennessee

Age: 24 years old

Died: September 16, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine

Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Ca.

Incident: Killed during an attack in Anbar province, Iraq


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Capt. Michael Y. Tarlavsky

Hometown: Passaic, New Jersey

Age: 30 years old

Died: August 12, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, FortCampbell, Ky.

Incident: Killed when his unit was attacked with small arms fire

and grenades in Najaf.


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Pfc. Morris L. WalkerHometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Age: 23 years old

Died: August 18, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th

Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort

Richardson, Alaska

Incident: Died in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds

suffered when a makeshift bomb detonated near his vehicle.


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Tech. Sgt. Timothy R. Weiner

Hometown: Tamarac, Florida

Age: 35 years old

Died: January 7, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force

Base, Utah

Incident: Killed by a vehicle-borne makeshift bomb in Baghdad.


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Sgt. Robert M. Weinger

Hometown: Round Lake Beach, Illinois

Age: 24 years old

Died: March 15, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, 33rd InfantryBrigade Combat Team, Woodstock, Ill.

Incident: Died as a result of injuries sustained in Kot, Afghanistan,

when a makeshift bomb detonated near his vehicle.


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Spec. Jeffrey M. Wershow

Hometown: Gainesville, Florida

Age: 22 years old


Unit: Army National Guard, 2-124th Infantry, 1st Armored

Division, Orlando

Incident: Killed while conducting military operations in Baghdad.


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Pfc. Colin J. Wolfe

Hometown: Manassas, Virginia

Age: 19 years old

Died: August 30, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd MarineDivision, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Incident: Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar

Province.


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Maj. Stuart A. Wolfer

Hometown: Coral Springs, Florida

Age: 36 years old


Unit: Army, 11th Battalion, 104th Division, Boise, Idaho

Incident: Killed when insurgents attacked their unit with indirect

fire in Baghdad.


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Sgt. Elijah Tai Wah Wong

Hometown: Mesa, Arizona

Age: 42 years old


Unit: Army, 363rd Explosive Ordnance Company, Army National

Guard, Casa Grande, Ariz.

Incident: Killed while defusing unexploded ordnance in Sinjar.


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Spec. Benyahmin Ben Yahudah

Hometown: Bogart, Georgia

Age: 24 years old


Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade

Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Incident: Killed by a car bomb while on patrol in Baghdad.


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Senior Airman Jonathan A.V. Yelner

Hometown: Lafayette, California

Age: 29 years old

Died: April 29, 2008 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Air Force, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, EllsworthAir Force Base, S.D.

Incident: Killed when his vehicle encountered an improvised

explosive device.


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Lt. Miroslav (Steven) Zilberman

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Age: 31 years old

Died: March 31, 2010 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit:Navy, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121

Incident: Died after his E-2C Hawkeye crashed into the Arabian

Gulf.


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For 359 years American Jews havefought for and continue to fight for this

country. Those who are serving now in

Iraq and around the world are a

continuation of a long tradition ofdefending our homeland, begun 358

years ago, when the first Jews arrived in

New Amsterdam.


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The Future

Entrance to the National Museum of American

Jewish Military History, located at 1811 R Street NW,

Washington, DC.


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In 1958, the Congress of the United States voted

a Congressional Charter for the JWV National

Memorial (now known as the National Museum

of American Jewish Military History). It is ourmission to preserve the records and tell the story

of American Jews in the service of America.


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The Museum includes:

~ permanent exhibitions dedicated to JewishMedal of Honor recipients and Maj. Gen.

Julius Klein

~ a series of changing exhibits including FallenHeroes and Women in the Military

~ an archive

~ an outreach program of portable versions of ourexhibits~ the Joshua Goldberg Chapel


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In all these ways we seek to preserve and

celebrate the history of service to this country by

men and women of the Jewish faith. Please comeand visit us when you are in the Washington, DC

area.


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Jewish Military History1811 R Street NW

Washington, DC 20009

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