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“I thought it would be so 
nice and appropriate to invite 
her to join the Jewish War 
Veterans because she’s not 
the typical veteran,” Wagner 
said. “I found her service in 
the Michigan Army National 
Guard at her young age 
very, very impressive.” The 
operative word being “age.”
The JWV, like so many 
military organizations, is 
dealing with age-related 
attrition. It’s no secret that 
they are in desperate need 
of more Rachel Bakers to 
sustain their ranks in the 
future.
“She exhibited an 
incredible level of exuberance 
to participate, and I invited 
her to join, and she was most 
receptive,” Wagner said. 
That same exuberance 
was on display by Rachel 
two weeks later as an invited 
lunch guest of Wagner, Larry 

Berry, National Executive 
Committee representative 
for the JWV Department 
of Michigan (U.S. Army 
Veteran), and then JWV 
Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. 
Donald Schenk (U.S. Army, 
Retired), who is now 
Commander of JWV Lt. 
Raymond Zussman Post 135. 
The deal was sealed, and Pfc. 
Baker’s membership process 
began.
As for becoming the only 
female in-service member of 
the JWV in Michigan? Rachel 
said: “That doesn’t make a 
difference. I don’t go through 
life thinking if I’m in a room 
and I’m the only female. To 
me, the JWV is just looking 
for new people.” 
Mature beyond her years, 
Rachel is the perfect choice 
to help bridge the generation 
gap between the current JWV 
membership. “It’s fascinating 

to see and talk with the 
current JWV members 
because they know what 
true sacrifice is at a young 
age. They had to grow up 
quickly,” Rachel said.
“Their cause is something 
I could be very passionate 
about and perhaps get more 
young people interested in. 
“And I think hearing more 
of their stories will make me 
feel even more connected to 
my grandfather Morris, who I 
never got the opportunity to 
talk to about his experiences.”

A BRIGHT FUTURE
Rachel is so patriotic and 
forward-thinking that I 
couldn’t help but ask if 
politics were in her future. 
 “I don’t want to become a 
politician,” she said, though 
she did enjoy working behind 
the scenes for State Rep. 
for the 39th district, Ryan 

Berman, during his primary 
run for Michigan Attorney 
General.
Rachel did admit that she 
does enjoy a good debate. She 
told me that since seventh 
grade, she carries around a 
copy of the Constitution in 
her backpack that she bought 
while on a class trip to 
Washington, D.C., in 2016. 
“I don’t just like agreeing 
with people. I like when 
people disagree with me. It’s 
a lot more enjoyable, and I 
never take it personally.” 
As previously mentioned, 
Rachel thanked her recruiter 
for helping her with so many 
things “that will open doors” 
for her in the future. 
The fact is, the lucky ones 
will be the those on the 
opposite side of the door 
who will be on the receiving 
end of her passion and 
patriotism. 

ALAN MUSKOVITZ

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