October I, 1943
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
New Year's Greetings to All From
Michigan Communities
them. A ball of flame grazed the in Africa, and with the first Fort- tric As
suit
plug circled
was attached.
they
the coast of
50 enemy fighter plane
ily,
c
ment
stopped.
A shell struck Schmidt in the surface of the rudder on Laven's resses
Cohen
over has
Italy.
been on 52 bombing Si
attacked the Fortress formation.
ship.
right wing
was hit.
,
The His
Americans
pulled
out of missions, and has spent 254 com-
face. He put his hands up to his that spot and sped out over the ba hours in the air. He has faced There were no American fighter
many times—but the closest with the bombers on this trip.
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face and eyes. Several Japs mean-
river. By- harbor. Sighting a Jap ship, La- death
and the other gunners wer,
The ship was set wallowing in while had crossed Marines, they yen swung down on the craft and scrape of all happened during Cohen
kept busy keeping the enein
the clouds, 20,000 feet above the fired
down
them
passing
the on
three
the from a hill opened his guns, strafing is from the raid over the city of Palermo
sea. Fog came over and the Fort- in the rear. one end to the other. on May 9. planes As
they reached the target, 3ii
off.
It was hot that day at Cohen's
ress was separated from its squad-
Suddenly, down below, he saw
more fighters came up. Suddenly
ron. The pilot swung his ship
"Keep down," Diamond shout- a huge four-engine Jap flying base in North Africa. But as his
Schmidt was trying to get to boat. He dove toward it, and thfi ship, the Fortress Stinky, got into
the ship
on Stinky's
around and started to head her
Yankee
Doodle, right
was wing,
hit by
at the
ed.
home.
his .45. Diamond, who saw that other plane followed him. The the air, and started to climb
cannon fire. It started to go down
Lieut. Hirsch had been badly his face wound had blinded him, mo is converged on the tar- it headed toward Palermo, it
wounded in the attack, but he said, "Don't Smitty. Don't shoot get and gave it their guns. The grew steadily colder. Cohen, toward the water, and Stinky
See DEED—Page 8
stayed with his maps and charts. yourself." flying boat nosed into the water. crouched at his position on the
The pain was almost unbearable.
Then the two planes, slightly tai: gun and made sure his elec-
He grew steadily weaker but he
"You'v e got it wrong," Schmidt
continued to plot the course.
said. "I'm taking at least one the worse for wear, headed for
At last the field was sighted. Jan with me when they close in." home. It had been a good day's
Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu
The ship nosed downward and
But they didn't close in. The work. Laven holds the Distin-
main force withdrew back across ruished Service Cross, the Distin-
Happy New Year to All!
landed. Then Hirsch collapsed.
Today he is fully recovered , the river, leaving 200 dead be- ,tuished Flying Cross, the Air
For his courage under fire, hE hind. Medal, and an Oak Leaf Cluster
PLUMBING fl HEATING
the Air Medal.
wears the Order of the Purp? ,
CONTRACTOR
Only Diamond, who wears the 10 On a September day in 1942,
Lakeside
Dairy
Navy Cross for his work that day, a Naval patrol bomber plunged
Heart.
Fixtures,
Stokers, Boilers
In August, 1942, the Urd'ed saw combat action again.
HENRY STERNKOPP
Licensed Master Plumber
Barney Ross, the former into the North Atlantic. There
States opened a combine?, land
and sea offensive in the Sotx.ions. world's lightweight and welter- were 13 men in the crew. Ten
Phone 3-6614
Dial 4244
1011 Lansing
2014 Tyson
Marines invaded Tulagi and Guad- weight champion from Chicago, of them leaped into the sea
Jackson,
Mich.
Jackson,
Mich.
alcanal. They seized an airport distinguished himself on Guadal- as the plane began to crumble.
the Japs had carved out of the canal during a battle which took Three stayed with the wreckage
jungle, renamed it "Henderson place some miles northwest of and, under the direction of Leon-
Field," and readied it as a base Henderson Field. The Japs at- and Edelstein, a radioman, they
tacked before the Americans had hacked away at the life raft fas-
for their attacks.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
in. tenings. They managed to free
Late in August, three men and time to move up and dig
a machine gun held an advanced Fierce fighting followed, during one rubber float and tossed it
position on Guadalcanal. They which Ross and two companions to the other men. They loosened
raft and heaved it out,
were Pvt. Albert A. Schmidt, Pvt. held up a Jap advance through another
but it drifted away.
Johnny Rivers, and Corporal Le- an entire night, until reinforce-
The thirteen men clung to f eir
Everything for the Family, Home and C2f
roy Diamond, from New York
throm
ments followed. Ross fired more
pounding
City. Diamond, who is Jewish, than 300 rifle shots and hurled raft.
the They
heavy took
sea, a and
suffered the
Jackson, Mich.
was
squadron
leader.
287 West Michigan
Several
hundredstarted
dozens
of
grenades
at
the
Japs.
s
Japs oward He was promoted to the rank of added anguish of seeing two for-
Several
corporal soon afterwards and mations of planes fly overhead
to cross a r river, coining t
the
machine
gun
They looked like a herd of cattle,
recommended
for a citation.
When
without
noticing
the raft.
After
ad- they
told him about
the medal,
36 hours,
they
were finally
sighted
and rescued.
ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS TO ALL!
wading through the stream,
At home on "survivor's leave"
vancing under cover of their own Ross said, "Tell 'em to give it
to my company. This is no one-
Johnny Rivers got it first. A man show." He was awarded a later,
Edelstein
blis-
tars
covering explained
him from the
head
to
fire.
Captain
bullet hit him in the forehead Silver
Star. George Laven of San toe by telling his parents that he
and
him instantly.
He'd
"Jackson's Oldest Roofers—Established 1908"
later, his parents re-
been killed
fee machine
gun, Antonio,
Tex., earned four medals had A a month
"bad sunburn".
a promotion for his effective
902 E. MICHIGAN
thd
him
aside
and
and
work at Kiska and other Aleu.. ceived a letter from the Navy
and Diamond laid
PHONE 2-2344
Department, informing them that
JACKSON,
MICH.
took up his position.
He objectives.
piloted one of two planes their son had been cited by Vice-
Japs began to fall, floundering tion
in the water.
Then
a slug
got to carry out the first attack of Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll for J
Diamond
in the
arm.
He fell
the war on the Japs at Kiska. his "superman efforts" in saving
legs.
Diamond
picked
up his Reising Coming in over the harbor both the lives of fellow-crew members.
across
and pick
automatic and began to work it planes turned toward the flashing That was the first they had heard
. with one hand. Schmidt thought anti-aircraft batteries. They dove about his heroism.
ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS TO ALL
movement on the straight toward the Jap emplace- Staff Sergeant Schiller Cohen
,icemen
he heard a amond sprayed the ments, strafing the area with gun- of the Bronx, N. Y.
is one who
of
distinguished
themselves in
rive with lead, and the move- fire. Enemy fire was all asst -r1 the have
many
Jewish serv
the European-North African The-
bank
ater of Operations. Tail gunner
on a B-17 bomber, he served with
the first American Fortresses over
Manufacturers of
occupied Europe, with the first
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DEED
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