Fridayi Noverillier-24, 194IF THE JEWISH NEWS Page Tweiffy 7,500 Detroit Jews in Action; JWB Seeks More Records 3 Detroit Jewisit Soldiers Wounded On Three Fronts GUEST EDITORIAL Organizations Urged to Appoint Committees to Provide Lt. Jacobs Back in States Data for Detroit War Records Committee in Order to From Italy; Sgt. Kaplan, Pvt. Complete Files of All in Service Koss Also Casualties The Detroit War Records Committee of the Jewish Wel- fare Board has already compiled the names of 7,500 Jewish Dispatches reaching us from men and women in active service. There are thousands of the European Theater of Oper- ations tell of the wounds receiv- other Detroiters about whom information is still lacking. It is of the utmost importance that the list be completed ed by three Detroit soldiers. Second Lt. William Jacobs, as speedily as possible, and it is essential that all organiza- tions, individuals, parents and friends of men and women in with the infantry in Italy, suf- fered a broken leg when he step- service cooperate fully in this effort. Organizations are especially urged to appoint war rec- ped on a mine on Sept. 3. Sgt. Arthur Kaplan, who was ords committees and to provide necessary information about injured in France on Sept. 11, veterans of the present war as well as those in active service has returned to action. to the Army and Navy Committee, whose offices are at the Pvt. David Koss was hit in the Jewish Community Center, Woodward and Holbrook, MA. foot by shrapnel while fighting 8400. in Germany on Sept. 17. The War Records Committee of the Jewish Welfare Lt. Jacobs, 25, son of Mr. and Board will be pleased to supply the necessary blanks to or- Mrs. Phillip Jacobs, 2265 W. ganizations and individuals. 'The blank appearing on this Philadelphia, now is stationed at page may also be used for this purpose. Billings General Hospital, Indian- The Jewish News, in cooperation with the Jewish Wel- apolis, Ind. after being home on fare Board and its affiliated organizations, will periodically a brief furlough. A graduate of publish lists of names of men and women in service, and Northwestern high school, he at- Wayne University for two readers are asked to study the lists and to submit for in- tended years until enlisting in the army clusion in the record the names that are missing from the in February, 1941. Entering as a list now on hand. private he was first sent to Battle The "A" list of names follows: Creek and from there went to Iceland for seven months. A ser- Those whose record is complete: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 2nd Lt. Mark Abend 2nd Lt. Marvin Abram- ovitz 2nd Lt. Herbert C. Abrams Captain Sam Abramson Ensign Leonard Eugen Adler 1st Lt. Morris Adler 2nd Lt. Alexander Ar- nold Agree Captain Max Gordon Aiken Major Martin Max Al- exander Captain Harold C. Allen 1st Lt. Louis Alper Captain Elliot B. Al- pern Captain LeRoy L. Al- ter 2nd Lt. Jerry S. Amer- nick 1st Lt. David Apple- baum 2nd Lt. Michael M. Appleblat 1st Lt. Gerald Robert Aptekar • Ensign Samuel Arden 2nd Lt. Morton .Arno- -Vits • - Captain Ralph G. Aron- stam Lt. (J. G.) Lester B: Arwin 2nd Lt. David I. Aske- nose 1st Lt. Alvin August Major Harry Edward August Ensign Isadore Aver- buch - AWARDS AND CITA- TIONS Pfc. Norman Adelman, Presidential Citation Pfc. Israel Aronovitz, Silver Star CASUALTIES Adaskin, Saul Pfc. Wounded in action in Sicily Aug. 10, 1943 Albert Agress, Sgt. Wounded in action in Asiatic Area May 9, 6 1944 Pfc. Theodore A. Al- lowitz. Missing in action in the N. Am- erica Area Feb. 17, 1943 1st Lt. David Applebau. Wounded in action at Tinian July 27, 1944 Pfc. Isadore Arnkoff. Wounded in action in France July 11. 1944 Pfc. Israel Aronovitz. Killed in action at Saipan July 1944. ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE Sgt. Louis Aaron Pvt. Harold Abel Pvt. Richard J. Aaron Pvt. Martin Louis Abel Pvt. Raymond Ivan Abel T/Sgt. Leo Abrahamson Pvt. Abraham Marvin Abrams Cpl. Bertram C. Abrams T/Sgt. Herman Abrams Pfc. Manuel C. Abra- hams Pfc. Frank Battling Abramovitz Pfc. Hillel Lester Ab- rams A/C Jerry H. Abramson Sgt. Marshall M. Ab- ramson Pvt. Jess Abrin Pvt. Barnett Robert Abromovich Pvt. Herbert C. Abugow Cpl. Bernard Ackerman T/Stgt. Harvey Leonard Ackerman Pfc. Saul Adaskin Hosp. Corpsman Theo- dore Louis Adelberg Pfc. Norman Adelman Pvt. Sadie Adelman S/Sgt. Sidney Adelman Sgt. David Adelson A/C Eugene Bernard Adelson Pfc. Hyman Adelson Pvt. Milton Harry Adel- son Pvt. Seymour S. Adel- son Pfc. Howard B. Adilman Pfc. Joseph Adler Pvt. Louis Adler Pvt. Morris Adler Cpl. Sol Adler Cadet William Adler Pvt. Ben Agaus Cpl. Eugene N. Agins Pvt. Carl Agranoff Pfc. George A. Agree Yeoman 2/C George W. Agree Sgt. Albert Agress Sgt. Hyman Ainbinder Pfc. Irving Albert Pfc. John Jacob Albert T/5 Ben Alexander Cpl. Cecil Alexander Cpl. Marvin J. Allen Sgt. Leo Allowitz Pfc. Theodore A. Al- lowitz Pvt. Phillip Joseph Al- per Cpl. Gordon Alpern Cpl. T/5 Irving Alpert Pvt. Sam Alpert Cpl. Carl Altman Cpl. Gerald Joel Altman Cpl. Lee Richard Alvin Pvt. George Paul Am- berg Sgt. Milton J. Amer- nick Cpl. William Martin Anderson Field Director Sue Sel- ma Anspach Pvt. Kurt Anspach Pvt. Leonard Antil Pfc. Sollie Antman Pvt. Albert B. Apple Pvt. Albert Gregory Applebaum Cpl. Fred Phillip Apple- baum Pfc. Leo Applebaum Sgt. Norman M. Apple- ton Cpl. Sam Arbit Pvt. Yale Arfa John Pvt. Lawrence Arden Pfc. Isadore Arnkoff S/Sgt. Daniel Arnold S/Sgt. David Arnold Pvt. Charles Aron Pfc. Israel Aronovitz Pfc. Morris Aronovitz Cpl. Bernie Aronson Pvt. Joseph Aronson S/Sgt. Jacob M. Art Cpl. Irwin Artman S/Sgt. Leo E. Ash. Pfc. Franklin N. Ash- man CpI. Sam Hyman Aska- nazie Richard Harold Pvt. Atkins S/Sgt. Henry Auslander Pvt. Irving Auslander Sgt. T/4 Harry Aver- bach Pfc. Jerome Avison Pvt. Joseph M. Avrush- in Pfc. Bernard .Axelrod Cpl. Louis Axelrod COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (Records incomplete) Lt. Sidney L. Adelson Lt. A. C. Adler 2nd Lt. Alfred N. Adler Lt. (J.G.) Sidney Adler 1st Lt. Sidney L. Alex- ander, Jr. Major Michael Alpern Captain Harry D. Alt- man Lt. Louis Altshuler Major Sam S. Altshuler Lt. Meyer S. Ascher 2nd Lt. Norman Ash 2nd Lt. Daniel Avrunin Lt. Morris Axelrod CASUALTIES (Records incomplete) Milton Adler. Wounded in action in Mediter- ranean Area July 13, 1944 He. Herman Aronshon. Killed in train crash in N. Carolina, Jan. 10, 1944 Pvt. Herman Asher. Killed in Florida, 1943 ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE (Records incomplete) Charles D. Aaron George Aaron Bernard Aaronson Michael Aaronson Bert W. Ablitz Isaac Abramovitz Jerome E. Abrams Lou Abrams Franz W. Abramson Milton D. Abramson Cpl. Charles Acker Isadore V. Acker Norman L. Adel Pvt. George Adelberg Joseph Adelman Lewis Adler Milton Adler Sanford Adler Sidney P. Adler Pvt. Phillip F Aiken Samuel Albert Al Alexander Alfred Alexander Gabriel N. Alexander Pfc. Herman Alexander Bernard Allen Gurston S. Allen Pvt. Jack Allen Pvt. Shirley Allen Sgt. Ted Allen Harold Alter (?, Louis Alpert Kalman L. Alpiner Lewis Alpiner Ben A. Alterman Kenneth W. Altman Morris Altman J. Alvin George Amber Paul Amber Carl Amdur Sgt. Charles Anchill Herman Anchill Pfc. John M. Anstandig Pfc. A. Antonovsky A/C Robert Applebaum Selik Applebaum H. B. Appelman Morris Arbit Julius Armos Pvt. Jack Aronoit Pfc. Herman Aronsohn Sarah Arwood Pvt. Louis Asatinsky Cpl. Jerome M. Ash Pvt. Herman Asher Cyril Astrein Carl C. Austin The Serve-A-Camp Project: A Plea To Detroit's Jewish Organizations By MRS. HENRY MEYERS The ever increasing tempo of the war in the Pacific is creating a tremendous need for redoubled effort on the part of Detroit's Serve-A-Camp project. A year has elapsed since Detroit women undertook a part in the National Serve-A- Camp work. The parent organization is the Women's Di- vision of the Jewish Welfare Board. Through various Serve-A-Camp groups our fighting men all over the world are sent packages, periodically, containing those ar- ticles which it is impossible for them to se- cure in the remote corners of the eartth where they may be stationed. Our adopted Camp is Honolulu, Hawaii. We were successful last year in making a written appeal to the Jewish Women's organ- izations in the city, an,d securing a satisfac- tory budget. We attempted, by the shipment Mrs. Meyers of monthly packages to the Pacific area, to let our boys know we are ever conscious of their heroic efforts. We know that we are only serving in a small measure ,but we feel, and have been told by the recipients of our packages, that it is an effort worth while. From toilet soap to salami, from victrola records to gefilte fish, we have endeavored, in some small measure to fill the aching void for things back home, by these well chosen substitutes. Our efforts have been rewarded. many fold. Our satisfaction, based on the many appreciative let- ters we have received, has spurred us on to renewed am- bitions for greater service to these boys. This year we are making another plea. As the battle in the Pacific assumes greater proportions, and, as more of our men are poured into the south Pacific, our work grows pro- portionately. Our duty, as we see it, is clear. As long as our boys tell us that our work is important—that work shall con- tinue. What we do is infinitesimal in the general picture of a country at war. We realize that, and pledge that we will do all in our poiker to fulfill that small need. We want our task forces in every remote corner of this war torn world to know that we are thinking of them, working for them, and Lt. Jacobs Sgt. Kaplan giving them tangible evidence that we are not unconscious geant at the time, he was re- of their tremendous sacrifice. Will your organization help us? turned to the States for officer's training. Overseas since March, 1944, he fought in Sicily and then in Italy. Lt. Jacobs, recipient of the Purple Heart, suffered his wounds when he went into a mine field, to help a fellow-sol- dier whose leg had been blown off. Sgt. Ralph Friedman now in Paris with the transportation di- vision is married to Lt. Jacobs' twin sister, Mildred. Sgt. Kaplan, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaplan of 2526 Cal- vert Ave., who was inducted on Feb. 3, 1942, is a graduate of Northern High School. He. was first stationed in Georgia and was shipped to England in May, of 1944. Decorated with the Purple Heart, his shoulder wound has completely healed. Sgt. Kaplan, who was with the Allied troops on D-Day, has a brother, Cpl. Sidney, in service in North Carolina. Pvt. Koss, 22, still hospitalized, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Koss of 3255 W. Grand Ave. He has been overseas since Sep- tember, 1943, was in France on D-Day, from there went to Bel- gium and then to Germany. He is with the medical corps and was awarded the Purple Heart. J. Herman Wounded; In English Hospital Pvt. Jack M. Herman, 21, who was wounded recently for the second time, now is stationed at a hospital i n England. He is the son of Mrs. Rose Herman of 2677 Buena Vis- ta Ave. ,A graduate of Cass high school, he was employ- by the Fisher Body Corp. be- fore being in- Pvt. Herman ducted into the army. His brother-in-law, Ernest Zip- ser, 29, wounded in Italy, is also hospitalized. His wife and child reside in Detroit. Additional Servicemen's News oa Page 13 Interesting Plans Made at Center By 'Service Wives' Many interesting plans were made by an enthusiastic group of wives of men in service, who are organized under the name of, "Service Wives," at the Jewish Community Center. The group is under the direc- tion of Mrs. Esther Mossman of the Center staff. Mrs. Sadie Saferstein is chairman. Chairman of the program com- mittee is Mrs. Frances Marko- witz; Mrs. Ida Bader and Mrs. Sylvia Winton are co-chairmen of the USO committee; Mrs. Miriam Ferst will head a War Bond booth committee; Mrs. Helen Felstein is chairman of a home making committee and, Mrs. Frances Agranoff will be in charge of a knitting committee. The first project will be to serve at the downtown_ USO on Jan. 1. Wives of servicemen are in- vited to attend the next meeting, Nov. 30, at 8 p. m. at the Center. 2 Detroit Servicemen Are Awarded the DFC Two Detroit servicemen at- tached to the 8th Army Air Force, based in England, have been awarded the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross. They are Lt. Isadore T. Margolas, 3742 Glynn Ct., and Tech. Sgt. Walter C. Schonhoff of 2002 W. Grand Ave. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING SERVICEMEN . 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