100-Year-Old Veteran Kept Jewish Prayer Book over His Heart as He Confronted the Holocaust
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. This Reflection was written by Jesse Schraub, who turns 101 this month, with the help of his three daughters, Alice Kinsler, Ellen Gang, and Laura Siegel. In 1943, I was drafted into the military at […]
Remains of Jewish D-Day Soldier Lost for 80 Years in Nazi Mass Grave Will Be Buried in Normandy
The case of Army 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was unique in the annals of the more than 73,000 U.S. service members still listed as missing in action from World War II, and the case had long gone cold. The case of Army 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was unique in the annals of the […]