10 American Jewish Recipients of the Medal of Honor.

10 American Jewish Recipients of the Medal of Honor.

• He ranked First Sergeant in the U.S. army.
• WWI hero Benjamin Kaufman captured a machine-gun nest single-handedly. Despite a shattered arm, he used grenades and an empty pistol to take the gun and a prisoner.

• He ranked Private in the U.S. army.

• This soldier, took the gun of a sick comrade, went into the fight, and when the color bearers were shot down, carried the colors and saved them from capture.

• He ranked Sergeant Major in the U.S. army.
• During Battle of the Wilderness, under heavy fire, disorganized and fleeing troops of different regiments. At Petersburg, Va. 30 July 1864, bravely and coolly carried orders to the advanced line under severe fire.

• He ranked Sergeant in the U.S. army.
• During World War I, Sergeant William Shemin repeatedly braved heavy machine-gun fire to rescue wounded comrades and took command of his platoon after all senior officers became casualties.

• He ranked First Sergeant in the U.S. army.
• WWI Medal of Honor recipient Sydney G. Gumpertz single-handedly silenced a machine-gun nest and captured nine crew members under heavy fire.

Benjamin Levy

Sydney Gumpertz

William Shemin

Abraham Cohn

Benjamin Kaufman

1894-1981

1879-1971

1832-1897

1845-1921

1896-1973

10 American Jewish Recipients of the Medal of Honor.

• He ranked Capitian in the U.S.army.
• On March 9, 1968, in Vietnam, Jacobs ignored severe head wounds to take command of a pinned-down unit, single handedly repelled three enemy squads, and repeatedly braved intense fire to rescue 14 wounded men.

• He ranked Sergeant in the U.S. army.
• During the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness, Sergeant Leopold Karpeles saved his retreating unit by holding up the flag to regroup his men and stop the enemy.

• He ranked Capiton in the U.S. army.
• After four men were killed while manning a machine gun, Captain Salomon took control of it. When his body was later found, 98 dead enemy soldiers were piled in front of his position.

• He ranked Second Lieutenant in the U.S. army.
• 2d Lt. Raymond Zussman earned the Medal of Honor by leading a tank attack on foot with only a carbine, single-handedly neutralizing 110 enemy combatants in one evening

• He ranked Private in the U.S. army.
• Civil War soldier David Urbansky earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at Shiloh and Vicksburg. One of few Jewish Union recipients, he famously rescued his commander under fire.

David Urbansky

Ben L. Salomon

Leopold Karpeles

Jack Jacobs

Raymond Zussman

1945-1968

1838-1909

1917-1944

1914-1944

1843-1897

Bibliography

nmajmh.org

jwv.org

cmohs.org