![]() ![]() Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial He is one of seventeen Jewish Americans known to have received the Medal of Honor since it's inception during the Civil War to the present. After numerous levels of review, the Secretary of Defense signed approval of the award in March 2002 and his Medal was presented in a White House ceremony on May 1, 2002. Although he was recommended for a posthumous Medal of Honor at the time, the recommendation was not approved because of his status as a medical officer precluded his eligibility for the award. The next day he was found dead, slumped over the machine gun surrounded by 98 dead Japanese soldiers. Manning a machine gun he stayed behind to provide cover and hold off the advancing enemy. As the perimeter began to be overrun, he ordered enlisted medics to evacuate the wounded to a rear area. At the Battle of Saipan, Marianas Islands on July 7, 1944, thousands of Japanese troops broke through American lines to non-combat units and areas. ![]() By June 1944, he was Captain, serving as voluntarily Surgeon, in the 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. and worked in the hospital medical group. In 1942 he became an officer in the Dental Corps. He graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) Dental College in 1937 and was practicing dentistry when inducted in the US Army. World War II (WWII) Medal of Honor Recipient. ![]() ![]()
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