David Marshall cringes when he watches the Battle of the Bulge episode of Band of Brothers. Why? Because he was there. The 101-year-old World War… Read More »David Marshall: Battle of the Bulge Veteran’s Story
David Salisbury Franks had one of the most complicated careers of any Jewish American in the Revolutionary era. He moved in the circles of Benjamin… Read More »Major David Salisbury Franks and the Founding Fathers in the American Revolution
Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. Blum worked for the Army… Read More »CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman
The Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to Corporal Roger Briskin is on display in the core exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History.… Read More »Friendship stronger than bullets and bombs: the message of Cpl Roger Briskin
The “H” on the front of PFC Jerome Steigmann’s Marine Corps dog tags labeled him as a Jew. The Magen David with the Hebrew word… Read More »Jerome Steigmann’s Dog Tags