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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).
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 ]
Before 1963, the Medal of Honor could be received for actions not involving direct combat with enemy or opposing foreign forces and 193 men earned the medal in this way. [25] Most of these medals were presented to members of the United States Navy for rescuing or attempting to rescue someone from drowning. [ 25 ]
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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.
Future Medal of Honor recipient Tibor "Ted" Rubin was imprisoned there as a young teenager; a Hungarian Jew, he vowed to join the US Army upon his liberation and later did just that, distinguishing himself in the Korean War as a corporal in the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. [92]
Marine veteran Charles Cook Jr., left, who served in the Vietnam War, salutes during the singing of the National Anthem at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office in honor of Pfc. James ...