The Story- the Figures Tell
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The Casualties, Dead, Wounded,
From the earliest days of this
country's history. Jews have con- Captured and Missing in Action,
tributed their share toward build- 35,157.
Jews Died in the Service. 10,500.
ing America's democracy and de-
At least 50 Jewish families lost
fending it from its enemies.
two
sons in the war. One family
They took part in the French
and Indian Wars of two centuries lost three. More than 36.000 Jews
ago and in every war for the na- in uniform received awards for
tion's life from the American valor and merit. They won among
them an aggregate of 61,448
Revolution on.
Many pages in America's his- awards. Included were these:
tory books are written of the hero-
1 Medal of Honor
ism of the men of our faith in all
(Lt. Zussman, Detroit)
of the wars of the Republic. and
74 Distinguished Service
this is part of the record of their
Crosses
most recent contribution, in World
37 Navy Crosses
47 Distinguished Service
War II.
Up to this point the history is
Medals
made up of individual stories of
344 Legion of Merit Award
Jews in the war — tales of high
1,627 Silver Stars
and unusual heroism and of run- 2,391 Distinguished Flying
of-the-mill fighting and bleeding
Crosses
and dying by the rank-and-file GI.
222 Soldiers' Medals
by officers of all ranks, in all
30 Navy and Marine Corps
branches of the service—actions
Medals
6.090 Bronze Stars
on all war fronts and in every
type of warfare. on the earth's 16.068 Air Medals
surface and in the sky and under 26,009 Purple Hearts
the sea.
The records show further that:
These individual stories show the Jewish men and women were in
quality of the participation of the every type of fighting service—
American Jews in the war. The on the ground, in the air, on the
overall contribution, however, is sea, and under the sea.
best summarized in the statistics
Information on over 120.000
compiled by the National Jewish servicemen from 403 cities and
Welfare Board through its Bureau towns throughout the United States
of War Records.
indicate that 81% were in the
These are the highlights of the Army, 16% were in the Navy, 2%
statistical picture revealed by the were in the Marines, and 1% in
I it( st tabulations from the rec- the Coast Guard. Of the men in the
ords. still incomplete, collected by Army, a sigth were infantrymen
the Bureau.
and over one-fourth served in all
A total of 550.000 Jewish men Ground Force units combined. 29%
and women served in the United of all the Jewish Army men were
States armed forces during World • in the Air Forces. with about
War II. In military terms, this every fifth man a flyer.
is equivalent to 37 divisions.
Twenty-three men of Jewish
Of the Jewish population of the faith reached top-level rank' in the
United States, between 11% and U. S. Army and Navy: 6 Major
12'; served in the armed forces Generals — 13 Brigadier Generals
of the country. This was about the — 1 Admiral — 2 Rear Admirals
average for the total population.
— 1 Commodore.
Jews in service were about
More than a third of all Jewish
Of the total armed forces of the physicians were in uniform, — 60
United 'States. This approximates
per cent or three out of every
their ratio in the total population. five of those under 45. Thirty per
Number of Jewish Casualties
cent of Jewish dentists in New
and Awards authenticated by the York metropolitan area entered
Bureau of War Records:
• the service.
Four Jewish families contributed
eight members each to the armed
Compliments of
forces. Twelve families contribu-
ted seven each. Nineteen families
contributed six each.
That is the statistical record
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