___.41110111. Page Sixteen THE JEWISH- NEWS Rabbi Adler Reports from the Philippines Describes a Pilgrimage To Field of Mogen Davids Detroiter Views Job of Overseas Chaplains as Heart- Rending and Exhausting; Lost in Thought as He Seeks to Translate Dog Tags Into a Person of Flesh and Blood —Cut Courtesy Indianapolis Jewish Post Photograph shows five of the 16 Jewish Chaplains now serving - ill the Philippines. Front row: Chaplains LAWRENCE CHARNEY and SAMUEL SILVER. Standing: Chaplains ABRAHAM WINO- KUR, MORRIS ADLER of Detroit and SIDNEY STRUMPF. The debt of gratitude due Chaplains serving in this war is repeatedly becoming more evi- dent as servicemen report how Rabbis, Ministers and Priests are helping to maintain the high morale of our armed forces. Physical efforts and emotional strains are called into play in the conduct of spiritual activi- ties directed by our Chaplains, as evidenced by a message from Chaplain Morris Adler, from the Philippines, who writes: "I am hopping around like a kangaroo with St. Vitus dance. I feel entirely exhausted at times, but there are gratifying . and exhilarating moments." Routine of Chaplian Heart-rending are the experi- ences which are part of the daily routine of an overseas chaplain. The following excerpts of Rabbi Adler's report of a pilgrimage which he made, describe his reactions while carrying out a sacred mission: • "My assistant and I started out early in the morning. The road was long and hard. This being war, not all bridges were intact . . . We rushed as quickly as the jeep could travel on the rocky road, for the tall under- •brush extending for miles :.did not always look down on us with benign friendliness. "We were bent on a sad and reverent pilgriniage. About 12 Jewish lads, - we had learned,. had fallen •in combat and were buried in a cemetery that had hastily been set up almost on the very •site of combat. We were hurry- ing to them, to shed a tear, and - say a prayer. For four hours we - were in the jeep, shaking and rocking, parched, hungry and hot beneath • the merciless sun. Approach Cemetery `Finally the cemetery came into .view . . . To each cross or star was attached the metal dog-tag .which the fallen soldier had _worn. The quiet of desolation •prevails here in this valley, which has become the altar of the youth and blood of so many lads who came forward to their 'death from afar . . . - "Tired and bespattered though we were, we were overwhelmed at the threshold of the cemetery .byV a powerful mood of rever- ence and melancholy. ' "Slowly we walk to the first of the graves marked with a Mogen David. The tag bears a _characteristidally Jewish name and gives the address of a mother in Brooklyn. I am lost in thought, as I seek to translate the name into a person of flesh and blood. I could see him now, a boy of 23 years. He is the son of immigrant parents, his boy- hood, the public school, the Bar :Mitzvath, getting a job, object of the hopes of parents—then war and now at rest in a distant Soil. "I humbly and brok en I y recite the traditional prayer. Slowly we make our way with bowed head from grave to grave. At each we endeavor in our mind to resurrect the living be- ing who lies there. At each we recite the Words, which as we say them; lose their triteness and formality, and become the personal outpouring of our wounded hearts. At the last grave I read the 23rd Psalm and speak the Kaddish within whose meaning I seek to include the memory of all entombed youth everywhere. "The four-hour journey back was unbroken by an uttered word. There are thoughts and feelings too deep for words." - Memorial Services For Pfc. J. L. Bale To Be Held July 10 Trees Honor Rabbi Moldawsky's Sons Philosophy of Hasid Helps Father Overcome His Grief Max Alpert of Chicago to Be Guest Speaker; Cantor Tulman on Program Memorial services and the presentation of the JNF certifi- cate forthe 1,000 trees planted in the name of Pfc. Joseph L. Bale III, will be held on Tues- day, July 10, at 9 p. m., at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg., 13226 Lawton. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bale, contributed the money for the grove in his memory. Pfc. Bale was killed in action on Jan. 30. The presentation will be made to Mr.., and Mrs. Bale by Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Jewish News. The guest speaker will be Max Alpert, well known labor Zionist leader of Chicago. Cantor Robert R. Tulman of Temple Israel will provide the musical program. Friends and relatives of the family are urged to attend and join , in paying tribute to the departed young . hero. Pfc.H.A.Goodman Gets Silver Star Also Awarded Purple Heart; Home on Furlough; Is Re- covering from Wounds Left to right: Late CHAIM MOLDAWSKY; RABBI BEN ZION MOLDAWSKY and the late SOL MOLDAWSKY. - The philosophy of a Hasid has become helpful to Rabbi Ben Zion Moldawsky in - this grief over the death of two of his three 'sons in service. When news came of the death of his two sons—Chaim and Shalom (Sol)-,--a memorial meet- in,g was arranged on Nov. 19 at the Shaar Shomayim Synagogue on Muirland Ave. At that time, friends of the family planted a garden of trees in Palestine in tribute to the servicemen. On June 27, at a 'special meet- ing of the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit, held jointly with the Zionist Council at JNF headquarters on Dexter, Rabbi Moldawsky was presented, with the certificate. . Audience in Tears After a• brief address by Wil- liam Hordes, president of the Council, the presentation was Made by Michael Michlin, finan- cial secretary of the JNF Coun- cil. Rabbi Moldawsky's response moved the gathering to tears. It was a brief but brilliant dis- sertation on the value of man's life and on . the worth of vege- tation and trees. Since his sons' lives can not be restored, he ex- pressed the hope that the trees planted in their honor in Pales- tine will fulfill an important mission in behalf of our peo- ple's redemption. Sol Killed in Italy Sol MoldaWsky, 20, died in ac- tion in Italy last Oct. 20. His brother, Chairn, 23, died in an air crash in Canada where he served with the air corps. Both servicemen were high school graduates and had stu- died in ' the United Hebrew Schools. • • Another son, Pvt. David is in the army. Other survivors are a brother, Harold, in California, a brother, Max, in Toledo; three sisters, Soiba Bellaristiz in Moscow, Russia,. Mrs. Reva Levison and Evelyn Moldawsky in Rochester, N. Y. Their mother died two years ago. Rabbi Moldawsky, who resides at 1736 Blaine, personally in- scribed the names of his sons in the Golden Book of the Jew- ish National Fund. • Lt. Brasch Back From Nazi Prison helped to allay fears over his health. Lt. Brasch is in the _ best of spirits, and he speaks very re- luctantly of his experiences in the prison camp, of the manner in which he was beaten by the home guard and civilians when he was shot down over Germany on his mission to Posen. Clubs, pitchforks and rifle butts were used to beat him. But he is in the best of spirits and has -regained much of the Weight he had lost in Germany. In active service since A _ pril 3, 1942, he was on a number of mis- sions during overseas service and was shot down in Germany on May -13, 1944. He holds the following decor- ations: Purple Heart, Distinguish- ed Flying Cross, Air Medal with three clusters, Unit Citation. The Red Cross and the YMCA are praised highly by Lt. Brasch for the services they gave to war prisoners. He states that he is thankful to the Red Cross for the only palatable food he had and that the men who were prison- ers are appreciative of the clothing supplied them by the YMCA in addition to the musical instruments and articles which enabled them to build their the- ater and to provide their own entertainment. Lt. Brasch was married on July 18, 1943, to the former Sonie Hersh. A brother, Jerome L. Brasch is stationed with the American Forces of Occupation in Germany. Pfc. Hyman A. Goodman, hus- band of Bernice Goodman of 3290 Calvert, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in ac- tion. He also re- ceived the Pur- ple Heart for wounds sus- tained in Ger- many. At pres- ent he is home .. on furlough andA is recov f r. o m the in- juries he suf- fered. Pfc. Goodman A medical aidman attached to a rifle platoon, he was awarded the Silver Star fof administer- ing first aid to his buddies under Detroiter Served 22 Months enemy machine gun fire. He was Prlises Red Cross and Y.M. a member of the 76th Division Overseas With the Amer- and a former ASTP-student. A C.A. for Aid Given Amer- icans in . German Camps radUate of Central High, he ican Red Cross was a former pharmacy student There is rejoicing in the Brasch After 22 months' service over- at Wayne and hopes to return to family. seas in Africa and Italy—the his studies after his discharge The return home last Saturday larger portion of this period in from the army. of Lt. Robert L. Brasch, son of Italy — Miss Cecilia Shetzer, Mr. and Mrs. I. Brasch of De- troit . and Miami Beach, after suf- Cecilia Shetzer Back from Italy Lt. Wainer Home After Being He In Burma by Japs - . Friday, July 6, 1945 MISS CECILIA SHETZER daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Isaac Shetzer of Chicago Blvd., re- turned home last week. Miss Shetzer served as assis- tant field director of the Ameri- can. Red. Cross, having enlisted for active service in May, 1942. Before going overseas, she was stationed at Fort Sill, Okla.; and Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She holds the degrees of B. A. from the University of Wiscon- sin and M. A. from Wayne Uni- versity, having majored in so- cial work. She was an assistant district supervisor of the De- troit Department of Public Wel- fare prior to her enlistment with the _ Red Cross for overseas service. Many months of suffering the emotion of mingled hope and despair were terminated for Mrs. Lillian Greenberg Willner when she received word of the libera- tion of her husband from a Jap- anese prison camp somewhere near Rangoon, Burma. Lt. Ed- ward A. Willner, who was re- ported dead, is now home on leave. A tale of horror and suffering' is the account of Lt. Willner's existence under the yoke of the Japanese, after; having been shot down over Rahgoon on Nov. 27, 1943. As his P-51 Mustang was hit, he was burned on the legs and arms but was able to bail out. He was captured by natives and turned over to the Japs. Because he was a flier, he was on half rations all the time. As the British approached Rangoon, the prisoners were forced to march into Thailand. After 60 miles, the Japs fled, leaving the prisoners behind. After being picked up by the British, they were flown to Cal- cutta for hospitalization until they were able to travel home. They made the trip by air and arrived in the States on May 28. Lt. Willner entered service on Oct. 2, 1941, was commis- sioned on Feb. 16, 1943, and left , . LT. ROBERT L. BRASCH fering the experiences of . being a prisoner of war in Germany, for overseas the following July. He wears the Purple Heart and the Air Medal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Willner of Westwoods, Calif. His wife resides at 2646 Tuxedo. He has' two brothers in service, one a lieutenant in the Army Air. Corps and the other a lieutenant in the Naval Air Corps. Lt. Willner will report to Santa Monica on Aug. 5, at the end of his '60-day leave, for a 30-day -rest period. Chaplain Kahan Publishes Selections From Sermons Rabbi Aaron Kahan's -."Oaks and Acorns: Addresses to Youth and Their Elders Based on Pen- tateuchal Portions," has just been published by Bloch Publishing Co., New 'York. Rabbi Kahan is now serving as Chaplain with the U. S. Army. His sermonic addresses contain topics based on the Biblical read- ings and are applicable to issues of our time. Dr. David de Sola Pool has written -the introduction to this book.