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Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America was established in 1896 by a group of 63 Jewish Civil War veterans after a series of antisemitic comments about the lack of Jewish service in the American Civil War. JWV is one of the Veteran Services Organizations that holds a Congressional charter [3] [4] under Title 36 of the United States ...
This is a list of notable Jewish Americans in the U.S. military. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans. Colonel Aaron Bank, founder of the Green Berets › archives › la-xpm-2004-apr-02-me-bank2-story.html; Mel Brooks, U.S. Army combat engineer during World War II who participated in the Battle of the Bulge. [1]
A farmer from Notown, a village on the outskirts of Leominster, Massachusetts, Palmer was a veteran of the War of 1812. [1] In 1830, Palmer was a successful Yankee farmer, but was by no means a typical one. Possibly influenced in childhood by a bearded itinerant evangelist named Lorenzo Dow, Palmer took to wearing a long beard in the 1820s. Few ...
Leominster (/ ˈ l ɛ m ə n s t ər / LEM-ən-stər) is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County, with a population of 43,222 [3] at the 2023 census. [4] Leominster is located north of Worcester and northwest of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster.
Leominster's common is the site of several monuments, including: a monument marking the site of the town's second meeting house from 1775-1824 (which was replaced by the first town house), a Native American mortar (moved to the site in 1880), several veterans' memorials, and a firefighters' memorial.
The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH) was founded September 2, 1958, in Washington, D.C., to document and preserve "the contributions of Jewish Americans to the peace and freedom of the United States...[and to educate] the public concerning the courage, heroism and sacrifices made by Jewish Americans who served in the armed forces."
Pages in category "Jewish American military personnel" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 503 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jewish American military personnel (2 C, 503 P) Pages in category "Jewish-American military history" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.