Roddie Edmonds was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army. In late 1944, Edmonds was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and held at a German POW camp. In January 1945, the Nazis ordered all Jewish-American POWs to step forward. Edmonds, the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer at the camp, […]
My grandfather’s prayer book provided by the United States for “Jews in the Armed Forces” during WWll. My father then used it during his time in the services during Vietnam. Source: @rachhatesyou
Today is Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers whose place of burial is unknown. This day was fixed by the Military Chief Rabbinate on the seventh on the Hebrew month Adar, the same day as the birth and death of the biblical leader Moses, who’s place of burial is unknown […]
This is Lieutenant Colonel Sam Sachs, a Jewish-American WWII veteran who survived the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) and helped liberate a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Born in North Dakota in 1915, Sachs served as a U.S. Army officer with the 325th Glider Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. On June 6, […]
“My name is Sholom Neistein and I’m a Jewish Lieutenant in the US Army. This was Pesach last year when I made a Passover Seder for Soldiers.”
“In the center of this photo is my amazing grandfather, whose family left Poland for New York when he was ten years old. At 21, he was drafted into the Army where he fought in every major battle of World War II – with the exception of D-Day. His service […]
Source: Lone Soldiers Program תוכנית חיילים בודדים Nefesh B’Nefesh SaveSave
