THE JEWISH Page Twenty Friday, June 8, 1945 NEWS Lt. Ray Zussman's Father The Legend of Gen. Moishe '2-Gun' Cohen To Receive Medal of Honor He Wants to Get Back to the Chinese Front Nation's Highest Award to Be Presented at Ft. Knox, Ky., Mohr Recalls Meeting -Iv Detroit Hero's Kin; Young Officer Killed Few Famous Chinese General Days After Heroic Achievements In Canada 40-Yrs. Ago Nathan Zussman of 2918 Sturtevant, 76-year-old father Shortly before the United Na- of the late Lt. Raymond Zussman, will be presented with. the tions Conference opened, in San Congressional Medal. of Honor, which was ;posthumously Francisco, Morris Mohr, Detroit furniture dealer and a leader in orthodox circles, reminisced about a man whom he befriend- ed in Edmonton, Alberta, 40 years ago and who has since be- come a world famous figure: General Morris Abraham "Two- Gun" Cohen. Mr. Mohr recalled Moishe Co- hen's arrival in. Edmonton, his affiliation with the Edmonton Capitol as an advertising solici- tor, his interest in Jewish and civic affairs. "I gave him his first ad for my furniture store for the Edmon- ton Capitol," Mr. Mohr said, "and I was proud to have befriended him. From the very outset he was a credit to his people and to the community. He is a reli- giously-conscious man. He al- ways was a good conversation- alist and a good platform speak- er, and he is courageous. He has a sense of humor, is fearless and he soon proved his bravery when he met Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and became a leader in Chinese mili- tary circles." * '* * 41111. LATE LT. RAYMOND ZUSSMAN awarded to his son for bravery in action, at ceremonies to-. morrow--Saturday, June 9—at Fort Knox, Ky. Lt. Zussman. was a 27-year-old tank corps officer who distinguished himself in the battle, for the village of Noroy al Medal Of Honor—which has Le Bourg, in the Rhone Val- thus far been given to only two ley. His death occurred a few other Detroiters and to only 118 days after his heroic partici- Americans, will be presented in pation in this terrific strug- his son's name tomorrow, is a veteran of the Russian-Japanese gle. war. . Briefly, his bravery is de- scribed as follows: He abandoned his tank which was bogged in a field of mud and moved ahead of another tank on foot armed only with a carbine. He person- ally accounted for or directed tank fire that resulted in the death of 17 enemy soldiers, the capture of 32, as well as the cap- ture of two anti-tank guns, a flak gun, two machine - guns and two trucks. - Directs Second Tank . He then attached himself to a second General Sherman tank And directed it through a booby- trap road block. He spotted an enemy machine gun nest and under his direction the tank's gunner blasted. the emplacement, killing three Nazis and forcing eight others to surrender. . Still far from through, he pointed out a German jeep and soon three more Nazis were dead and eight captured. Picking up a tummy gun, he then dashed far ahead of the tank, directing the tank's fire at a house, capturing 20 more, prisoners, turning them over to Yank infantrymen and -returning to the house under a hail of grenades. In the course of his heroic work, he captured Another 56 Nazi prisoners—his -total haul rolling up to nearly . 100. Nation's Top Medal . Lt. Zussman's brother, the late Abraham Zussman who died re- cently at the age of 52, was a veteran of the last war. His father, to whom the nation's highest award—the Congression- Pfc. S. Faigenbaum Home for 60 Days After Liberation IN SAN FRANCISCO, we met General "Moishe" Cohen who at once became a favorite with all who made his acquaintance. He did not say much, but it was apparent that he was close to the Chinese delegation. A British subject, born in Lon- don, he came to Montreal 40 years ago. He takes •pride in the fact that during his residence in China he was secretary of the Kuomintang — being the only non-Chinese member of that party. * * * HE SPEAKS- with devotion of his Jewish affiliations, empha- sizes his adherence to Jewish traditions as means of preserv- ing Judaism, and maintains that the reason Jew's disappeared in China is because there was ab- solutely no anti-Semitism there at any time, giving Jews free- dom to mingle and intermingle. "Where there is persecution religion is a consolation and a source of comfort," he told us. In November, 1943, Cohen was among the group that was re- patriated from Japan, aboard the Swedish exchange liner Grips- holm which docked in Port Eliz- abeth, South Africa. He was married in New York a little more than a year ago. * * * AMONG THE MANY interest- ing descriptions of "Two-Gun" Cohen's career is the story "Two- Gun Cohen of the Chinese Army: A Thrilling True Story," written by Michael O'Brien and publish- ed by Nedor Publishing Co. O'Brien writes: The bombing of Pearl Harbor was not the beginning of World War II. Thirteen years ago Ja- pan started out on. its "inspired" mission to conquer and - rule the world by taking over China. The young republic of China was weak, it had no army, it was al- most defenseless. It should have been easy. It would have been easy—except for Chinese cour- age, and such men as Two-Gun Cohen. He stalks through the epic of China's war with Japan, a square-shouldered,• powerful man with mild gray eyes and two six- shooters strapped to his hips. He was aide-de-camp and bodyguard to Sun-Yat-Sen, beloved first president of China. To millions of Chinese he is Gen. Mah-Con, the name being a typical Chinese shortening of his real name, Morris Abra- ham Cohen. * * * iJ ORRKE COWS WAS ESORKON COMMACK ROAD, to Bit 04 1884 LONDON • AT 16 NE CME TO CNIVA TO SEEK MIS FoniuNE. AFTER _sevERAL CLERK, FARM cotIEN AND DR. SUM on Pages 17 • and lel, BEWIE NE SERVED AT THE MKS MINISTRY OF NEAR MD WAS ENTRUSTED WITH SEVERAL SECRET MISSIONS BY -CNIANCr KAI-SHEK VINO. SUCCEEDED DR. SUN "B/4 IKE LATTERS vam. 441922 COHEN WENT 70 CHINA WHERE ME BECAME AIDE-DE-CAMP TO DR. SUN AND SOON BECAME A POWER IN ORIENTAL POLITICS — HE HELPED TDORGANIZE AND TRIM DR. SUM'S ARMY . the Imperial Japanese troops for 13 years! Talk about citizens of the world—Cohen was born in Eng- land of Jewish ancestry, is a Canadian - citizen, talks with an Irish accent and is a Chinese general! The Japs rightly considered him a dangerous enemy, since it was he who almost alone, built the Chinese Army. When they captured Hong Kong after Pearl Harbor they caught Cohen there and ,presently news came to China that. Mah-Con had been shot. Like Mark Twain he might have said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." For when the liner Gripsholm carrying exchange passengers froth Jap prisons docked , at New York in 1943, General Cohen was on board. A Canadian official who was at the dock was annoyed by ques- tions about Cohen. "There is no such person," he sniffed. "A magazine made a crack some time ago about Can- ada producing two great generals —McNaughton and Cohen. Co- hen must be a gag. Who ever heard of a Canadian being a gen- eral in the Chinese. Army?" "There is one". said the ques- tioner. The official finally went to see for himself. He came back looking very much upset, like a man who has seen a ghost. "There is a General Cohen," he said. "He is in his cabin right now and getting ready to go and confer with the Prime Minister of Canada. He is definitely not a gag!" * * BORN IN the slums of London, Morris Cohen spent his childhood trying to get enough to eat. He came to Canada at the age of 16. At 20 he was manager of the largest real estate firm in Can- ada. He met Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, then a refugee from his native land, and became fired with enthus- iasm over the plans for the first Chinese Republic. "If I can help," he said to the Chinese scholar, "call on me!" Sun-Yat-Sen went back to China and in 1913 he sent for Cohen to help him organize the new republic. Cohen was just ready to leave when World War IT WAS General Mah-Con who I burst on an astonished world. bought, begged,. borrowed and Cohen enlisted in the Canadian Pfc. Sam Faigenbaum, who fought with the 5th Ranger Bat- talion, has returned home for a 60-day furlough after being lib- erated from a German prison camp. He is vis- iting his parents, M r. and Mrs. Jacob Faigen- baum of 2012 Pingree, and his sister, Mrs. L Levin. A graduate of Pfc. Faigenbaum Central High where he was a member .of the swimming and diving teams, he was attending Wayne University as an engin- eering student at the time of his enlistment in February, 1943. He went overseas the following December and participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. He has a brother, S/Sgt. Dave, in the special service corp in Jamacia. Pfc. Faigenbaum addressed the annual meeting of Detroit Young Israel last Wednesday at the Yeshivah on Dexter, and stressed the value of religious training offered by Young Israel. He is engaged to Anita Litvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her- man Litvin of 18410 Wooding- wheedled planes and tanks and Army and was sent. to France guns, who with bare hands •and with the Canadian 8th Engineers. ham. (Additional Servicemen's News MRS AS NAND AND REAL- ESTATE _ SPECULAT, O A R. NE CAME TO 4.ALCAARY PIET , DR. SUN YAT SEN. —Cut, courtesy Jewish Post, Indianapolis handy. He was put in charge of a Chinese labor battalion. He served through the whole war. * * * THEN HE finished the trip he had started - eight years before, to become Sun-Yat-Seri's borator and bodyguard. -- After Sun-Yat-Sen died hi 1925, Cohen worked just as close- ly with Chiang Kai-shek, pre- sent generalissimo of . the Chin- ese forces. His job is a world- wide one, getting the guns and planes 'and_ tank which China needs so desperately. It is a bit of a mystery why the Japs did not finish him off when they had him at Hong Kohg. But whatever the inside story is, General Cohen will not talk about his 21 months in a Jap prison. Perhaps the Cohen luck has something to do with it. The Japs were so anxious to catch him that once in 1935 they stop- ped a British cruiser on the tip that Cohen was aboard. He was, and just as the Japs were about to come aboard, two British de-. stroyers came boiling up. The Jap commander signalled, "So sorry—make mistake," and went away in a hurry. "My business," says Two-Gun Cohen, "is back at the Chinese front • where I hope they still need me." They do. The Japs are now on the run. And it is the Eisem, howers and MacArthurs — and Cohens—who make them run! —P.S. - 267 Rabbis Serve As U.S. Chaplains Addition of 41 Jewish chap- lains to the Armed Forces of the United States, establishment of hospitality committees in lib- erated and occupied areas of Europe and development of in- creased facilities in the Pacific war theater were announced as the post V-E Day program of the National Jewish Welfare Board by Frank L. Weil, presi- dent. "There are now 267 Jewish chaplains in the Army and Navy," Mr. Weil said. "The Army and Navy have requested an ad- ditional 41 chaplains, reflecting an expanding need for the spir- itual services which they render in the camps and in the field. In all areas under Americah control sweat and tears and blood help- The Chinese he had learned chaplains serve as links between ed to whip together all army of to speak in working with Sun- the men and women in service Chinese farmers that has heg ott Yat - Sen's followers came in and their families."