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Jews of Detroit in United States' Fighting Forces
Dr. Rogoff Leaves
For Active Service
As Captain in Army
Dr. Abraham S. Rogoff, a resi-
dent of Detroit for 26 years and
a medical practitioner here for
15 years, left last Friday for New
York to be assigned to active
duty in the U. S. Army, with the
rank of captain.
Born in Vilna and educated in
the Yeshivah of that famous city,
he came to Detroit in 1916, was
educated in the local schools and
received his B.S. -(1925) and his
M.D. (1927) from the University
of Michigan.
In September, - 1932, he was
married to Sarah Epstein, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Samuel Epstein
who died two weeks ago, and
Mrs. Epstein. They have two
children, Evelyn, 7, and Jerome,
4.
Dr. Rogoff is a member of the
Zionist Organization, American
Jewish Congress, Philosophical
Society and the Maimonides Med-
ical Society which he served as
vice-president and treasurer. He
has worked in many Allied Jew
ish Campaigns, taught First Aid
Red Cross classes and was an
examiner for the Draft Board.
Jews in iiniform
By BEN SAMUEL
(This column is based on informa-
tion supplied by the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board.)
LEVIN DOES IT WITH BOMBS;
YOU CAN DO IT WITH BONDS!
There's a bronze plaque in the
hoiSe of Sam and Leah Levin in
Brooklyn, presented by neigh-
bors who gathered 2,500 strong
last Sunday to pay homage to
Meyer Levin, the bombardier of
Pearl Harbor and Coral Sea
fame. The Levins have the
plaque, and the war bond coffers
have an additional $250,000
pledged by those at the rally. The
salute to the young hero was
broadcast over a nation-wide
chain. Mrs. Levin stepped to the
microphone and read the in'scrip-
tion on the plaque to the United
States: "The friends and neigh-
bors dedicate this plaque to hon-
or Sgt. Meyer Levin, a bombar-
dier of the U. S. Air Corps, who;
through courage and gallantry in
action, has distinguished himself
in the service of his country."
You can do your share by say-
ing it with war bonds; Sgt.
Meyer will say it with war
bombs.
Detroit Honors
Major Max Weil
Armed
Services Maintain •
Family Traditions
2 Doctors in
Hero of Bataan, Missing
Since May, Hailed Here
for His Heroism
Detroit last week paid tribute
to a Jewish hero—Major Max
Weil—by naming a tank in his
honor.
At ceremonies which took place
'7 on Saturday at.
the City Hall,
the Wayne
County "Buy-a-
Tank" drive
reached its cli-
max when due
honors were
paid the Detroit
hero.
Brig. - Gen.
Major Weil
James H. Doo-
little and Capt. Arthur W. Wer-
muth, also Michigan residents,
were the other heroes honored
at these ceremonies.
Major Weil has not been heard
from since he distinguished him-
self at Bataan on May 5. But
wherever he is, he has the good
wishes of an entire community.
Mrs. Irene Weil, who was pres-
ent at the ceremonies; heard
prominent leaders express admir-
ation for her husband's feats.
With her were the four Weil
children—Beverly, 14; Lee, 11;
Cleveland, 10, and Lance, 4.
In the battle of Bataan Major
Weil brought down at 4least five
Japanese planes by his accurate
,machine gun fire.. Details were
told by Capt. Henry Thorne, one
of the officers who escaped to
Australia. MajOr Weil rigged up
an old command car with armor
and machine guns, decoyed the
Jap planes into diving low to
attack what appeared to be a de-
fenseless vehicle and shot them
down.
- Major Weil is 32. He was grad-
uated from Central High School
and. Wayne UniVersity, was act-
ive in the R.O.T.C. and in track
and other sports. He volunteered
for active service in -December,
1940; and was sent to the `Philip-
as a captain on April 19,
1941.
Mrs. Well and the children are
making their home at 5501 W.
Outer Drive.
Major Weil's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Well of 2689 W.
Grand Ave. There are five sisters
residing with Major Weil's par-
ents.
Refugees Over. '70 Get Jobs
Two men in their seventies
are among the 519 refugees for
whom the National Refugee
Service found jobs in October,
and age constitutes a lessening
barrier to job placements, it was
revealed this week by Albert
Abrahamson, executive director
of the agency, which is a bene-
Pvt. Joseph tosen, son of Mrs. ficiary of the United JeWish Ap-
Libby Rosen of Pingree, Ave., peal. Its 1943 funds from Detroit
has been in. the Army two months will come from the War Chest.
and is stationed
Jewish refugees from Nazi op-
with a medical:
pression who had been detained
detachment a t
in the Immigration Detention
Fort Meyers
Camp at Tiscornia, Cuba, are now
Fla. A graduate
gradually being released by the
of Scranton ;,
Cuban Government, according to
Technical High,
information made public by the
Scranton, P a
Inter-American Jewish Council.
Pvt. Rosen was
Jews in U. S.
War Service
active in ath-
starringi
letics,
on the pitching
mound for Sam's
and United Dairies in Class A
of the Detroit Baseball Federa-
tion and is well-known in local
basketball circles. He was Mar-
ried eight months ago to Mollie
Borden.
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Lieut. Harold Pliskow, of 19149
Steel Ave., reported for duty this
week to the regional office of the
Army Medical Corps, Chicago,
Ill. A graduate of the University
of Michigan Literary and Medi-
cal Colleges; Lieut.. Pliskow, who
is 32, practiced medicine -here for
seven years. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles J. Pliskow of
1200 W. Grand Blvd. He is mar-
ried and they have one son and
one daughter.
News received this week from
two Detroiters—officers in the
U. S. armed forces—serves to re-
mind this community of the im-
portant part that was played here
by their _father and grandfather.
Lieutenants Perry and Aubrey
Goldman a r e
the sons of the
late Harry::
Goldman a n d
Sophia Gold-
Gold
man, for years
prominent i n
social service
work in t h e
Their Lieut.
.
city.
Perry
grandfather,
Goldman
Hyman Goldman, was one of the
most venerable Detroit Jews.
He was the first chairman of the
Keren Hayesod and was succeed-
ed in the post by Abraham Srere.
He was one of the leading figures
in the United Hebrew Schools of
Detroit. -
Lieut . Aubrey Goldman is
serving with the U. S. Medical
Corps in England.
Lieut. Perry Goldman, M. C.
A. P. 0., 10035, care Postmaster,
San Francisco, Calif., was grad-
uated from the Detroit Colege
of Surgery and Medicine in 1933.
He was born and raised in De-
troit. He practiced in Detroit
prior to enlisting_ for active ser-
vice in the Air Corps on Sept. 5,
1942. His first station was at the
Army Air Base in Salt Lake
City, Utah. He now is awaiting
further orders in San Francisco.
He was married to Sybil Lifshitz,
on Dec. 23, 1934. They have a
three - year - old son, Sidney
Hirsch.
Jerusalem Ex-Mufti
Branded Nazi Agent
By Russian Mufti
KUIBYSHEV (JPS) —Denun-
ciation of Haj Amin el Husseini,
ex-Mufti of Jerusaleni, as an
agent of the Gestapo and as a
traitor to. the Moslem world, has
been voiced by Abdul. Rahman
RasSulayev, Mufti of- the Moslems
in Soviet Russia„ according to
the local . press.
Head of the Central Moslem
Council in the U.S.S.R., Rassu-
layev is reported to have coupled
the Jerusalem ex-Mufti with his
condemnation of Hitler and Mus-
solini. Another Russian Moslem
leader, Mohammed el Gazani,
Arab poet, is also reported to
have appealed to the Arabs of
the Middle East to side with the
United Nations against the Axis.
Good intentions alone won't
win the war—Buy Bonds and
Stamps TODAY.
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Welfare Board
The names and deeds of servicemen of Jewish faith
who have been decorated for valor. since Pearl Harbor
are contained in a new publication issued this week by the
National Jewish Welfare Board's Bureau of War Records,
200 Fifth Ave., New York City.
The booklet, entitled "Distinguished Service," tells
in detail the nature of the ex - (
ploits for which the men were
cited' and includes biographidal
information on each of the Jew-
ish heroes.
Get Two Awards Each
Four servicemen listed in the
pamphlet have received two
awards each for valor since .Dec.
8, 1941. They are Lieut. Roy
Bright, holder of the Dis-.
tinguished Flying Cross and. the
Silver Star, a native of Eveleth,
Minn.; Lieut. Morris N. Fried-
man, holder of the Distinguished
Flying Cross and the Silver Star,
of Grand Forks, N. D.; Sgt. Mey-
er Levin, Distinguished Flying
Cross and Silver Star, of Brook-
lyn, New York, and Radioman
David Goodman, U. S. N., Brook-
lyn, holder of the Army's Silver
Star decoration and the Oak Leaf
Cluster.
Other Jewish men whose sto-
ries of heroism in action are re-
counted in the booklet include
Second Lieut. Irving Berman, a
navigator aboard a bomber lost
in action during an attack on a
Jap base in the Aleutians, post-
humously awarded the Order of
the Purple Heart; Sgt. Robert
Clifford, awarded the Order of
the Purple Heart for wounds re-
ceived in action at Pearl Harbor;
Sgt. Mitchell Cohen, awarded the
Purple Heart medal for bravery
under fire and wounds received
during action in the Far East;
Lieut. Alfred Heyman, Youngs-
town, 0., recipient of the Silver
Star for his work as navigator in
a flying squadron which effective-
ly carried out a special bombing
mission during the Battle of .the
Coral Sea; Lieut. Commander
Solomon S. Isquith, of Brooklyn,
awarded the Navy Cross by Ad-
miral Chester W. Nimitz for sav-
ing 90 percent of the crew of the
sunken target ship Utah on . Dec.
7, 1941, "by his cool and efficient
manner of directing abandon-
inent under the bombing at-
tack;" Sgt. Julius Kleiman, of
Staten Island, N. Y., . posthu-
mously awarded the Order , of the
Purple Heart for his heroiam as
a turret gunner of a Flying Fort-
ress which participated in a re-
cent raid over Rotterdam, and
which resulted in his death; Pvt.
Sidney Schwimmer,•New York,
awarded the Silver Star for
shooting down seven Jap Zero
fighters _and dispersing another
enemy 'plane formation during
an attack on the Rabaul Air-
drome, Latunai, New Britain;
Murray Weinru b, Machinists
Mate, U. S. N., awarded the Sil-
ver Star for participating in a
daring exploit made by an Am _ eri-
can submarine, of which he was
a crew member, which made it
impossible for the Japanese to
seize stores of gold and securi-
ties held at Corregidor. -
Medals for Bravery
Others listed as holders of var-
ious medals for bravery include
Sergeant Lester Kramer, Bronx,
New York City, holder of the
D.F.C.; Lieut. Henry Mark, Los
Angeles, killed in action and
posthumously awarded the Dis-
tinguished Service Cross; Cor-
poral Harry Newman, Army Air-
Corps, New York City; Pvt. First
Class Ralph N. Rentz, Lansdowne,
Pa., now a Japanese prisoner;
Lieut. Stephen Salzman, Wilm-
ington, Delaware, who brought
down a Jap plane with a service
rifle; Sgt. Julius Schellenberg,
Brooklyn,• the first refugee in the
armed forces to be decorated;
Pvt. First Class Louis Schleifer,
who lost his life at Hickam Field,
Hawaii, on Dec. 8; Lieut. Harry
Schreiber, navigator of the Fly- .
ing Fortress, "Alexander the
Swoose," which is believed to
have more battle flying hours to
its credit than any other Ameri-
can plane in combat, and Pvt.
Leonard Ira York, responsible
for downing two Jap planes dur-
ing the Pearl Harbor attack.
The National Jewish' Welfare
Board, 200 Fifth Avenue, New
York City, is the parent organi-
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ish Centers throughout the -na-
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agency of the USO.
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