Army Center to _Memorial; ze Lt. Zussman
The name of the late Raymond
Zussman, hero of the last war
who was one of the few to re-
- ceive the Congressional Medal
of Honor, will be perpetuated
in the Army Reserve Training
Center, to be dedicated 2 p.m.
Sunday at 3200 S. Beech Daly
Rd., Inkster.
Participants in the ceremony
will include former Secretary
of the Army and former Gover-
nor of Michigan Wilbur Brucker
and the corps commander, Maj.
Gen. Jonathan Seaman.
The Jewish War Veterans
also will participate and will
present a U.S. Flag to the
Center. A JWV post is func-
tioning here in memory of
Zussman.
The new Zussman U.S. Army
Training Center is located on
4.37 acres of ground. Construc-
tion, just completed, .commenced
in July 1962. The cost of the
Center, borne by the U.S. Gov-
ernment, is $504,197.
Surviving members of Zuss-
man family will be at the dedi-
cation, including his sister, Ber-
nice, who is being brought here
by the Government for the oc-
casion from St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Army supplied the fol-
lowing information on Lt. Zuss-
man's military history, including
the narration describing his he-
roism which appeared on the
citation posthumously awarding
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LATE RAYMOND ZUSSMAN
him the Congressional Medal of
Honor:
Raymond Zussman, 01 014 997,
entered the Army as a Private
24 September 1941, at Fort Cus-
ter, Michigan. After attending
basic training at Fort Sill, Okla-
homa, and a short tour of duty
at Camp Bowie, Texas he at-
tended Armored Force Officer
Candidate School at Fort Knox,
Kentucky. He was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant in January
1943. In April 1943 he received
orders for overseas duty in the
European Theater of Operations.
On 12 September 1944, as a
Platoon Leader, Company A,
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756th Tank Battalion, he was in the fire of his carbine could be try); Good Conduct Medal;
command of two (2) tanks oper- heard, and in a few minutes he American Defense Service
ating with an Infantry Company reappeared driving 30 prisoners Medal; American Campaign
in the attack on enemy forces before him. Under Lieutenant Medal; European-African Mid-
occupying the town of Noroy Zussman's heroic and inspiring dle Eastern Campaign Medal
Le Bourg, France. In the early leadership 18 enemy soldiers with two Bronze Service Stars
evening his command tank were killed and 92 captured. For for the Southern France and
bogged down. Throughout the this conspicuous gallantry and Rhineland Campaigns, and
ensuing action, armed only with intrepidity at the risk of life World
War II Victory Medal.
a carbine, he reconnoitered above and beyond the call of
alone on foot far in advance duty he was awarded the Medal
of his remaining tank and the of Honor. This award was pre-
infantry, returning only from sented posthumously as he was
time to time to designate tar- later killed in action on 21 Sep-
gets, direct the action of the tember 1944.
tank, and turn over to the In-
Lieutenant Zussman was au-
fantry the numerous German thorized the following listed
soldiers he had caused to sur-
States Military decora-
render. He located a road block United
tions and awards: The Medal of
and directed his tank to de- Honor; Purple Heart (for
stroy it. Fully exposed to fire wounds received in action in
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from an enemy position only September 1944 in France);
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50 yards distant he stood by Oak Leaf Cluster to Purple
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surrendered. Again he walked for
sacrifice in defense of his coun-
before his tank leading it aginst
an enemy held group of houses,
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kicking up the dust at his feet.
The tank fire broke the resis-
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alone he rushed an enemy occu-
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grenades in his path. After a
brief fire fight he signaled his
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ewish
Zionist Federation, under the
direction of Eliezer Oranowski.
The officials in charge of the
census said they were certain
that there were other Jews in
the country who were not
enumerated.
Of the total of Jewish fami-
lies registered in the census,
804, comprising 1,973 individ-
uals, live in this capital city.
Among these families, 536 de-
clared themselves as Ashken-
azic, and 268 as Sephardim.
There are 79 Ashkenazic fami-
lies, including 192 individuals,
in the rest of the country;
while the Sephardim in the rest
of Cuba, outside Havana, num-
ber 139 families with 421 in-
dividuals,
A breakdown by ages of the
statistics for Havana shows that
212 of the Jews here are chil-
dren between the ages of 1 and
7; 203 are in the age bracket
7-25; 1,062 are aged 25-60; and
496 are aged 60 or over. (Ac-
cording to the American Jewish
Year Book, the pre Castro
Jewish population of Cuba num-
bered "somewhat over 8,000)."
Israel, W. Germany
Slow Machinery for
Reparations Activity
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
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TEL AVIV — The offices of
the Reparations Corporation in
Tel Aviv were closed Tuesday
and those in West Germany re-
duced to a minimum, following
placement of orders for prod-
ucts from West Germany under
the reparations agreement for
the next two years.
Under the agreement, Israel
can receive products until 1965,
payable through West German
reparations funds. The offices
in West Germany, hereafter,
will be dealing almost entirely
with consular activities and pre-
sentation of Israeli problems to
West German officials.
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