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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 16, 1944
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Firsts for America!
Jewish Youths Stand Out
In Many Phases of War
From Pearl Harbor Right Through the French invasion Our
Men Have Accomplished Feats of Bravery
in Air, Sea and Land
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Refugee Captures Simon Marks
3 Nazis at Anzio Knighted by Kiiig
An American Ranger, Cpl.
Monash, was out alone one night
on the Anzio beachhead when he
saw three dim shapes ahead. In
By BERNARD POSTAL
Director of Bnai Brith Department of Information
The news that Lt. Abe Condiotti,-
naval officer from
Brooklyn, N. Y., commanded the first merican assault boat to hit
the shores of France on D-Day makes it timely to record a number
of other "firsts" credited to Jew-"
ish fighting men in the American
armed forces to date in World
War II. This list is naturally but
a preliminary compilation based Y W
on material collected only by th:s
Refugees in the U. S. armed
writer.
FIRST American assault boat forces serving on every battle
to hit the shore of France on D- front have in many instances
Day commanded by Lt. Abe Con- won awards for gallantry in ac-
diotti • of Brooklyn, N. .
tion, it was revealed in the an-
FIRST all-American air raid nual report published by t h e
on Europe, over occupied Hol-
land on July 4, 1942, was made National Refugee, Service.
The NRS, principal agency
by squadron in which Sgt. Ches-
ter Davis of New York served as meeting refugee needs in this
country, was established to as-
a gunner.
sist
those able to flee Hitler and
FIRST four-medal winner in
American Army in World War II find refuge in the U. S.
During 1943, the NRS, which
was Lt. Morris Berenson of Gar-
is, supported by the United Jew-
field, N. J.
FIRST Nazi plane shot down ish Appeal, placed more than
for Uncle Sam is credited to U. 2,500 refugees in a variety of
William S. Beck of Nashville, jobs, most of which are directly
connected with the war effort,
Tenn.
and retrained 150 persons in new.
FIRST American troops to en- skills.
ter Algiers were led by Lt. Col.
William Rosenwald, honorary
A. H. Rosenberg.
president of the agency who
FIRST member of the Waves served as president during the
to be killed ilia line of duty was preceding year, pointed out in
Elizabeth Korensky of Phila- his report that the "tradition of
delphia after whom the Elizabeth asylum is part of the fabric of
Korensky Bnai Brith Women's our history. In
applying it the
unit in Philadelphia has been American people earned izr.per-
named.
ishable honer for themsetves and
FIRST American to kill a Jap established the greatness of this
in the Burma campaign was nation."
Corp. Werner Katz of New York,
Charles A. Riegel ran, n o
a former refugee.
president and formerly chair-
FIRST American tank to enter man of the agency's exec_utive
Oran during invasion of North committee, expressed the grati-
Africa was led by .Cpl. Bernard tude of the NRS for the humani-
J. Kessel of New York.
tarian spirit of the U. S. which
FIRST squadron of American made posstble the salvaging of
planes to bomb Rome included thousands of huinan lives.
plane on which Lts. David Lipten
and ,Harold Tabacoff, from New N. Y. Post Urges U. S.
Yort, were navigators.
FIRST American air raid on To Shun Argentina
Romanian oil fields at • Ploesti
was made by squadron in which
NEW YORK (JPS) —. A de-
Sgt. Robert Kessler,- - member of 'mand that Argentina be quaran-
AZA, Bnai Brith youth, organiza- tined by the U. S. government
tion, from McKeesport, Pa., is made by tht New -York Post.
served as radio operator and gun- Describing Argentina .as "a, Fag-
ner. - _-
cist state 7-- a land of secret
FIRST American Red Cross police, anti-Semitic violence, con-
nurse killed. in World War II was centration camps, of suppression
Esther Richards of San. Francisco, of free speech, free press and
who died of injuries received en trade unions," the newspaper
the Anzio.beachhead.
warns that that country "today
FIRST American- flag planted has the, loOk- and sound of Ger-
in the city of •Algiers at the start many of 1935."
of the North African invasion
Quarantine, the newspaper ex-
was carried by Cpl. HyMan I. plains, is "the kind of treatment
Shakin.of New York.
that is given a house where there
FIRST Japanese battleship is smallpox . . This would mean
sunk in the war was the Haruna, the cutting off of trade, of com-
sent to the bottom by plane pilot- munications, of telephones, cables
ed by Capt. Colin Kelly whose and mail."
bombardier was Sgt. Meyer
Levin.
800. Essential Words
FIRST Gold Star Mother of
World War 'II was Mrs: Gertrude . To Make Hebrew Easy
"Krain of New York - whose 'son.,
Seaman - Leonard Kram, was
TEL - AVIV (JPS-Palcctr) — Is
ed in .action at sea. .1
Basic Hebrew in the Offing? That
FIRST.Arrierican Soldf.er is a question which many are
brought- home for- burial on asking 'themselves in view of a
American soil was U. S. Marine , proposal , made here recently to
St. Herbert KeilSon - of 'Long is- compile list of the 800 most
land, who was killed in the raid essential and simple•words in the
on the Gilbert and Marshall Is- Hebrew language so as to give
lands.
newcomers a working knowledge
of the vocabulary.
Jewish Captain Weds
It was argued, at a conference
At Fort Custer Chapel
of teachers . at Hebrew evening
Capt. MorriS Stelzer of New adult classes held here, that a
York City, and Miss Helen Weiss, newly arrived settler would be
of Newark, N. J., were married able to master thoroughly the
in the Fort Cu-ster post chapel. 300 words in seven or eight
Chaplain M. M. Perley perform- monthS, converse and read
ed th$ e einony. •
vo-welled Hebrew.
ence in England both as a busi-
nessman and a Jewish - leader. He
works at the side of Dr. Weiz-
mann and during the World War
was one of the most active
LONDON, (J T A) —Simon leaders in the movement to bring
about the issuance of the Balfour
Marks, noted Jewish philanthro- Declaration.
pist and supporter of the Zionist.
In 1936 he visited the U. S. as
cause, was knighted this week a member of a three-man British
on the occasion of the King's delegation, including S i r Her-
birthday. . He holds tlibe war post bert Samuel and Lord Bearstead,
of deputy chairman of the Lon- for the purpose of enlisting Am-
don Industrial Mobilization Com- erican Jewish cooperation in a
mittee.
large scale project for the emi-
Sir Simon achieved promin- gration of Jews from Germany.
Refugees Serve U. S.
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w ar, Home Front
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CPL. HAROLD MONASH
a commanding tone he called
out in German: "Kommt hier-
her!" ("Come here!") They didn't
move, so Monash snarled, "Obey
when a German officer com-
mands!" This time they - hustled.
Monash pointed his tommygwa
at them.
"Get going," he said in Eng-
lish, and off they trudged to-
ward camp.
Harold, 21, originally from
Berlin, and more recently from
the Bronx, New York, is but one
of the many refugees who have
recrossed the Atlantic—in Uncle
Sam's uniform—in order to get
a crack at some of Hitler's boys.
He arrived in this country in
1936 as a ward of the European
Jewish Children's Aid, which is
affiliated with the National Ref-
ugee Service. The NRS is fin-
anced by the United Jewish Ap-
peal.
SOS Will Present
Show for Veterans
Sweethearts of Service
Group to Give Prevue of
Performance June 23
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There he goes again — out to pour more destruction
A program of constructive
participation in the war effort on the Axis — once more to face the death of enemy
on the home front is offered by fighters and flak !
American Youth for Democracy.
He won't hesitate to go out- on his fifty-sixth or
An affiliated branch of this
his
hundred and fifty-sixth mission. He knows he
organization is known as SOS—
S weethearts of Servicemen Club. might not come back, but he keeps on going—giving
This group of young women more and more until the Hitler and Tojo crews are
is planning a variety show for ready to "call it quits."
the veterans at Percy Jones Hos-
This is only your, fifth mission — and a mission
pital for Disabled Servicemen at
Battle Creek. Refreshments and which is mighty easy in comparison with the ones
necessary articles will - be given
to the 2,000 men. It is also he makes every week. Stay, in the fight by welcom-
planned to take this show to ing the Victory Volunteers—at least - double your
other hospitals in the state.
Bond purchases and then keep on. Your buying
Pat Moore, star of stage and means "bombs away" for the Axis!
screen, is directing the show.
MisS Moore, who studied with
Katherine Cornell, appeared in
t h e stage production "Stage
Door" which toured the country.
Henrietta Hassel has the female
lead in this SOS production.
Sandra Goldstick, coordinator
between SOS and AYD, is in
charge of this project.
A public prevue of this per-
formance will be given on June
23 at the Masonic Temple, dur-
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