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Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).
First edition (publ. Berkley Books) Single Handed is a 2015 biographical book by Daniel M. Cohen [1] [2] about Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero and POW, and Medal of Honor recipient Tibor "Teddy" Rubin.
Single Handed | The Inspiring True Story of Tibor “Teddy Rubin-Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero, and Medal of Honor Recipient” (2015) ISBN 978-0-425-27976-2 References [ edit ]
Tibor Rubin: Army: Corporal: Korea: July 23, 1950 to April 20, 1953: Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division: For single-handedly defending his regiment during their retreat, and saving the lives of many fellow soldiers in a Chinese POW camp. Daniel D. Schoonover † Army: Corporal: Sokkogae, Yeoncheon, South Korea: July 8, 1953 ...
Tibor Rubin: Army: Corporal: Republic of Korea: Jul 23, 1950 – Apr 20, 1953: During a 24-hour battle he slowed the advance of an assault of Chinese troops allowing other personnel with the 8th Cavalry Regiment to complete its withdrawal successfully. Although he was severely wounded in the battle and subsequently captured by Chinese forces he ...
On a routine combat patrol, a platoon from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, enters an adobe compound in a farm village. Walking point, at the head of the column, is Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith, from Hornell, N.Y. He is 19. An IED suddenly erupts beneath him, tearing off both his legs and scything down other Marines with shrapnel wounds. Cpl.
Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-born American soldier; Bernat Rosner, Hungarian lawyer; William Salcer, Czech inventor; Henryk Sławik, a Polish diplomat who saved over 5,000 Jews during the war (Gusen) Karol Śliwka, a Polish politician from Czechoslovakia; Ota Šik (Otto Schick), Czechoslovakian communist economist and politician; Mike Staner, Polish ...
Rubin became an integral member of KTLA’s “Morning News” soon after its 1991 launch. Rubin told The Times in 2011 that, at the start, ratings for the show were dismal: "There was just this ...