Sgt. Brodie Home,
Awaits His Bride
From Casablanca
Jew Inspired Flag Observance
Jewish GIs Among First
To Hoist Banners in War
BY BERNARD POSTAL
The first to raise the American efforts of Senator Spencer, of
Returns After 27 Months of
flag on pre-war Japanese tern- Missouri, who had been interest-
Service in North Africa
tory was Lt. Col. Melvin Krule- ed in Flag Day by Altheimer,
and Italy
witch of New York City, who President Wilson issued the first
Sgt. Ben Brodie, 26, who has
just returned from 27 months
overseas, is awaiting his bride,
the former Mary Todiman, whom
he married in Casablanca after a
two year courtship. She is of
French-Jewish descent.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Brodie of 1676 Gladstone, Sgt.
Brodie attended Northern High,
participating in track and music-
al activities.
A member of AZA, he had
worked at the Ford Motor Co.
until he enter-
e d service o n
Feb. 10, 1943.::
He has served
i n Casablanca,
Oran, Algeria,
Naples, Rome
Leghorn and
Florence.
While in Cas-
ablanca he met
his lifelong
buddy, H a rold Sgt. Brodie
Karpel who returned to this
country last November.
Sgt. Brodie wears two battle
stars and has received the Presi-
dential Citation.
Letters from Jews
In Service Reveal
Attitudes of Youth
"Jewish Youth at War: Letters
From American Soldiers," edited
by Isaac E. Rontch and published
by the Marstin Press, 228 E. 45th
St., New York 17, N. Y., is a
truly inspiring book and is val-
uable as an aid in understand-
ing our servicemen.
The collection represents a
cross-section of opinion of Amer-
ican Jews in uniform. The feel-
ings and aspirations of our young
people are reflected in the pub-
lished messages.
All of the letters are genuine,
and appended to many of them
are the photographs of the au-
thors. They come from all the
fighting fronts, from men and
women whose homes are in all
parts of the land. There are
letters from servicemen who
were born in Europe and in Pal-
estine.
Some of the messages are from
injured men and there are final
messages from boys who wrote
them before they met death on
the battlefields.
This book should be consider-
ed a must for all who desire
fully to understand our fighting
men and women.
This Week's Casualties
This week's lists issued by the
war department include the fol-
lowing Jewish servicemen:
KILLED
T/SGT. HAROLD T. ROSEN-
FIELD, son of Mrs. Alice Rosen-
field, Route 8, Saginaw.
PFC. DORAM H. GOLDFARB,
son of Gerald A. Goldfarb, 919
Burt St., Saginaw.
WOUNDED
PFC. LEONARD R. SILBERT,
son of Mrs. Jennie Silbert of
2925 Monterey.
PFC. HAROLD L. LUPILOFF,
USMC, husband of Mrs. Bessie
Lupiloff, 2563 Cortland.
PFC. LOUIS HOFFMAN, son
of Mrs. Yetta Hoffman, 2461
Pasadena.
LIBERATED
PVT. NATHAN BRODSKY,
son of Mrs. Sadie Brodsky of
2631 Gladstone.
PVT. AVERY H. GOLDBERG,
son of Mrs. Bertha Goldberg,
2455 Clairmount.
SGT. BENJAMIN GOLDMAN,
husband of Mrs. Jane Goldman,
3351 Elmhurst.
SGT. SIDNEY WEISS, hus-
band of Mrs. Anne Weiss, 4257
Richton.
PVT. SIDNEL L. GOODMAN,
who was reported captured on
March 28. His wife, Grace, re-
sides at 3'150 Calvert Ave.
PVT. COLEMAN M. J. ROT-
TENBERG, son of Mrs. Pearl
Rottenberg, 2466 Highland.
Friday, June 8, I94S
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hoisted the Stars and Stripes on national Flag Day proclamation
Mamur Island during the inva- in 1916.
* * *
sion of the Marshalls. Col. Krul-
ewitch was also in the Marine
Forty-eight different flags. have
Corps detachment whose mem- entered the history and evolu-
bers raised the Stars and Stripes tion of the American flag. Among
on Iwo Jima.
the foreign flags that have flown
• *
over some part of what is now
The first American flag plant- continental U. S. were those of
ed in the city of Algiers at the the Vikings, Spain, England,
start of the North African inva- France, Holland, Belgium, Swe-
sion was carried by Cpl. Hyman den, Russia and Mexico.
* * *
I. Shakin of New York.
* * *
Flag Day is observed on June
The only American flag bear- 14 because it was• on that day in
ing Hebrew letters was present- 1777 that the Continental Con-
ed to Abraham Lincoln in 1861 gress adopted the present form
by Abraham Kohn, a member of the flag as the national em-
of Chicago's Ramah Bnai Brith blem.
Lodge, a Jewish merchant and
• * *
civic leader, shortly after Lin-
The first American flag raised
coln's election to the Presidency.
on Saipan was carried by Marine
Handmade of silk, the flag had
Corps Sgt. Morris Becker of
inscribed on it in black letters Chicago, who was killed at Iwo
the third to the ninth verses of
the first chapters of Joshua. Al- Jima.
* *
though Lincoln acknowledged
Eddie
Cantor,
I. J. Fox, New
receipt of the flag, its where-
abouts are a mystery. However, York merchant; Harry Kasten-
it is mentioned in Admiral baum, of Rockford, Ill., and the
George H. Preble's standard late Benjamin Altheimer, all
work on the flag, "History of members of Bnai Brith, are
the Flag of the United States." among the 40 men and women
* * *
who have received the rare hon-
Although there a r e many or of life membership in the
claimants to the distinction of Order of the Flag, the legion of
being the father of Flag Day, honor of the United States Flag
the late Benjamin Altheimer, Association. * * *
New York and St. Louis philan-
The ritual book of Bnai Brith
thropist and a Ben Brith. is
credited with having inspired contains a ritual for Flag Day
the first observance in St. Louis as well as a brief history of the
on June 14, 1912. Through the American flag.
Pfc. Shatz Writes
Of 'Helping' Japs
Fight Unto Death
Among the Marines who pav-
ed the way for the invasion of
Iwo Jima is Pfc. Kenneth Shatz,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Shatz
of 2209 Pasadena.
In service since Aug. 9, 1943,
he had been employed in the
offices of the U. S. Rubber Co.
as a civilian. Attached to head-
quarters, he went overseas on
Dec. 25, 1943. He possesses the
sharpshooting medal.
. In a letter to his parents and
sister, Lorraine, Pfc. Schatz
writes of his
meeting Milton
Burg of 3763
Wager. In the
same letter he
describes the
battle with the
.Japs stating:
"Things are still
plugging along
on the island.
The going is un-
Pfc. Shatz believably rough
in certain parts of the ilsand, and
naturally the Japs are living up
to their standard of fighting until
death. Well, our boys are certain-
ly helping them live up to their
standards."
Pfc. Shatz is now back in
Hawaii.
Margaret Zickerman
Promoted; 3 Brothers
On Duty Overseas
Margaret F. Zickerman, daugh-
ter of Louis Zickerman of 2610
Webb has been promoted to first
lieutenant in New Caledonia in
the South Pacific, where she has
been stationed as a nurse for al-
most two years. Previous to her
enlistment, she was employed
for 10 years at the Woman's
Hospital and served as an assist-
ant floor supervisor.
Also serving overseas are three
brothers. Pfc. Marvin Z., are
cipient of the Purple Heart, is
in Italy, and his twin brother,
Arnold, Sl/c, is stationed with
the Navy somewhere among the
Azores. Cpl. Irving is in the
Marianas, serving as a mechanic
with the air corps.
Sgt.
Ostrow Marks
25th Birthday in
Fox Hole on Okinawa
On May 31, Sgt. Allen Ostrow,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Os-
. trow, of 3918
Calvert, cele-
brated his 25th
birthday in a
foxhole on Ok-
inawa. Sgt. Os-
trow had a spe-
cial reason for
celebration, for
that date also
marked his pro-
motion to t h e
rank of techni-
Sgt. Ostrow cal sergeant.
Sgt. Ostrow has been in serv-
ice four years, two and one half
of which he spent overseas.
general Commends
Pfc. G. G. Feuerman
Pfc. George G. Feuerman's
heroism and bravery have
earned for him several awards.
On April .18, he received the
Purple Heart for wounds sus-
tained in a battle at Leipzig,
Germany. On May 10, Maj. Gen.
Reinhardt personally pinned the
Bronze Star Medal on him and
read the following citation:
". . . For heroic achievement
in connection with military oper-
ations against the enemy, on
April. 16, near Germany. Pfc.
Feuerman, on his own initiative,
set up an aid station with only
the help of a wounded medic,
who later had to be treated and
evacuated. He administered first
aid in this station, established
in a cellar, to 22 little cases and
five walking cases.
"The- following morning, after
the patients were evacuated, Pfc.
Feuerman accompanied stretcher
teams into areas exposed to
enemy fire to care for and
e v a c u a t e approximately 10
wounded men."
As a consequence of his fur-
ther activity and service, he has
been awarded the Medical Badge
of Honor and has been recom-
mended for a Medical Citation.
Pfc. Feuerman, 19, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Feuerman
of 18994 Fairfield.
He is a graduate of Pershing
High. He has been in service
since Jan. 12, 1944, and in
Europe since November.
Eight War Dead
Honored by Sams
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, rabbi
of Temple Beth El, addressed a
memorial service for Sams Inc.
employes who were killed in
service, on May 29.
Parents and wives of eight
men formerly employed at Sams
who died in service were pre-
sent, in addition to 1,500 em-
ployes of Sams, at the firm's
Campus Martius store.
War bond gifts were present-
ed by Sams to the following in
the names of their sons or hus-
bands who died in service:
Mrs. Jean Zaslow, 15423 14th,
for her son, Pvt. Sam Eisen.
Mrs. Clara Wolf, 1423 Hibbard,
for son, Marine Pvt. Arthur Wolf.
Mrs. Julia Blitz, 3221 Glad-
stone, for son, Pfc. Irving Co-
hen.
Nathan Zussman, 2718 Sturte-
vant, for son, Lt. Raymond Zuss-
man, awarded posthumously
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Rabbi A. Moldawsky, 1717 Lee
Place, for son, Pvt. Sol.
Mrs. Bertha Herzberg, 2146
Oakman Blvd., for son, Pvt.
Lawrence.
Mrs. Lillian Levine, 18027
Roselawn, for husband, Fl/C
Paul.
Julius Hochman, 2 0 5 3 W.
Philadelphia, for son, Nathan.
Michlin Asks Kin
To Locate Uncle of
Dachau Refugee
T/5 Norman Michlin is enlist-
ing the aid of his family in try-
ing to locate the uncle of a re-
fugee, a Polish Jew from Lodz
recently released from the con
centration camp at Dachau. The
refugee's name
is Maks Bent-
kowski a n d he
is seeking his
uncle, Rozensz-
tain, in Detroit.
T / 5 Michlin
writes: " This
fellow told me
one of the most
gruesome stories
I ever have
heard. He saw T/5 Michlin
an SS man tear his baby from
his wife's arms and throw it
against a stone wall to its instant
death. Later he saw his wife
burned to death. He probably
died inside years ago, but some-
how he still lives."
He gave me the name of an
uncle in Detroit—I'll enclose it.
I don't know how his uncle can
get in touch with him now, al-
though possibly the Red Cross
can help. I saw him at a dis-
placed persons camp. Those fel-
lows looked miserable. We gave
them food and cigarets.
"Please try to locate his uncle.
I promised him I would do what
I could."
Michlin, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Michlin of 2457 Richton,
is a graduate of Northern High.
He was associated with his fath-
er in the Michlin Co. and also
worked in a defense plant prior
to entering service three years
ago. With the Signal Corps, he
was stationed at Camp Crowder
and Camp Robinson and was in
Terre Haute, Ind., as an ASTP
student before being sent over-
seas about 10 months ago.
First sent to England, he has
fought in France, Belgium and
Germany and now is in Austria.
Detroiter, Linguist,
Acts as Interpreter
In Six Languages
Pfc. B. Weinberg Fa v o r s
Humane Treatment for
Conquered Germans
Pfc. Bernard Weinberg, who
now is stationed in Crimmitschau,
Germany, is ,an able linguist and
is discovering that his know-
ledge of six languages makes him
e r y useful as
a n interpreter,
although he is
officially at-
tached to the
Quarterrn-ster's
Corps. Weinberg,
23, speaks Span-
ish, French,
Portugese, Ger-
man, English and
Yiddish. T h e
Pfc. Weinberg son of Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Weinberg, 2 6 3 1
Blaine Ave., he is a graduate of
Southeastern High and of Wayne
University where he majored in
sociology. He entered service on
April 2, 1943, and was sent to
the Personnel and Administration
School at Ft. Warren, Wyo. From
there he was assigned to the
University of Wisconsin as an
ASTP student. While there he
studied Portugese.
On Dec. 10, 1944, he was ship-
ped overseas and served in Eng-
land, France, Luxembourg and
was with the troops that broke
through the Siegfried Line.
Pfc. Weinberg advocates hu-
mane treatment for the Germans.
In a letter to his family, he
states:
"We come here as conquerors
not as oppressors. We are firm,
but fair, and at the same time
alert and aware. I do not mean
this to be construed as a soap-
box slogan. Do not get me
wrong, for I will make this one
important statement, which will
show you why I have no real use
for the average German. The
Germans I have spoken with are
sorry for nobody but themsel-
ves. They nod their heads and
keep serious faces when I tell
them the crimes committed un-
der Nazism. Yet there were
many Germans sent to concen-
tration camps for being good in
the democratic sense of the
word."
Pvt. Harold Levenson
Wounded on Okinawa;
Brother in Germany
Pvt. Harold Levenson, 21,
wounded recently in the Pacific
area, now is hospitalized in the
Mariannas, it was learned this
week. Having participated in the
Leyte invasion, he was wounded
on April 22, on Okinawa. He
possesses the Combat Infantry
Badge, the Purple Heart and the
Good Conduct Medal.
Son of Mrs. Fannie Levenson
of 275 Merton Rd., he was born
in Indianapolis, Ind. Prior to en-
tering service in
April, 1943, he
was a student at
t h e University
of. Michigan and
a member of
Sigma Alpha
Mu.
While in t h e
States, he w a s
stationed at
Camp Crowder,
Pvt. Levenson Mo., and Camp
White, Ore., and attended the
University of Chicago under the
ASTP program. He has been
Sgt. Greenberg Killed
overseas since August, 1943.
A brother, Pvt. Roy L., is serv-
14 Days After V-E Day
ing with the Quartermaster
Sgt. Jerome H. Greenberg, 27, Corps in Germany.
who was with an intelligence
unit of the 106th Division, was
killed in Germany on May 22. N. J. Cohen Awarded
There were • no details of his Navy Commission
death which came 14 days after
Norman J. Cohen, son of Mr.
V-E Day.
A graduate of Northwestern and Mrs. Harry Cohen, was grad-
High and the Detroit College of uated from midshipmans school
Law, he had been an employe at Northwestern University and
of the Cadillac Motor Car Co., commissioned an ensign on May
prior to entering service in 24. He recently spent a few days
with his parents and is now as-
March, 1943.
He had been overseas eight signed to. a naval communica-
tions course at Harvard Univer-
months.
He is survived by his parents, sity. He is 20 years old and a
Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Green- graduate of Central High.
berg and his wife, Anne R., and
daughter. All reside at 9360 (Additional Servicemen's News
on Pages 17 and 20)
Genessee.