10 | FEBRUARY 18 • 2021 

PURELY COMMENTARY

Yiddish Limerick
Yiddish Limerick

Purim

Mir vel hern di Megillah again
Af Esther, zi hot gevayn azay Shayn.
 
Un Mordechai der Yid
 
and all that he did.
Yetzt hern di Megillah ich vil gayn.

Mir vel hern di: We will hear the
Af Esther: About Esther
zi hot gevayn azay shayn: she was so beautiful
Un Mordechai der Yid: And Mordechai the Jew 
Yetzt hern di Megillah: Now to hear the Megillah 
ich vil gayn: I want to go

By Rachel Kapen

Jewish Detroit
Docs in Vietnam

We enjoyed reading the article 
in the Nov. 5, 2020, Jewish 
News about our fellow physi-
cians who were school chums 
and met again while serving in 
Vietnam in 1967 to 1968. So, 
we are encouraged to let you 
know of two additional Jewish 
Detroit doctors who also 
served in Vietnam at that time. 
 We had known each other 
at Mumford High School and 
at the University of Michigan, 
where we even lived on the 
same corridor in a dorm. We 
then lost track of each other. 
Capt. Rosenthal, now a 
retired respiratory and crit-
ical care specialist, arrived 
in Vietnam in August 1967 
and was assigned to the 91st 
Evacuation Hospital. He 
then was made commanding 
officer of the 161st Medical 
Detachment. The 161st moved 
around the country providing 
medical support to several 
army units, including an engi-
neering battalion and elements 

of the 101st Airborne Division 
when they came in country. 
On 30 January, 1968, the 161st 
flew to Da Nang to provide 
medical support for a dispen-
sary at the Da Nang Subarea 
Command.
After internship, Capt. 
Marks, a retired radiologist 
(currently living in Carlsbad, 
Calif.), was commander of 
the 2/563 Medical Platoon in 
charge of that dispensary near 
Da Nang. Dr. Marks’ replace-
ment arrived at the dispensary, 
and lo and behold, it was Capt. 
Rosenthal! Seven years and 
10,000 miles later, we met 
again!
Shortly after that, Capt. 
Marks was transferred to the 
22nd Surgical Hospital near 
Hue. After a stint at the sur-
gical hospital, Dr. Marks went 
to the front lines with the 4th 
Army Division as a battalion 
surgeon, earning a Combat 
Medic Badge and a Bronze 
Star for Valor. 

— Leonard J Rosenthal, MD 

Daniel Marks, MD

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