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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Medal of Honor

President Isaac Herzog awards the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, November 9, 2022 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 9, 2022, 6:18 pm
Herzog awards Cypriot president medal of honor, touts Mediterranean alliance
Recently reinstated presidential honor given to Nicos Anastasiades as Jerusalem seeks to keep Nicosia and Athens close despite rapprochement with Turkey
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump, before he awards the Medal of Honor to 1st Lt. Garlin Conner,a posthumous recognition accepted by his widow Pauline Conner, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/ Susan Walsh)
June 27, 2018, 12:25 pm
Trump awards Medal of Honor to WWII army officer, 73 years after battle
Posthumous award given to Garlin Conner, who confronted German attack in 1945, ordering and surviving friendly fire on his own position; widow receives medal on his behalf
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Tibor Rubin wearing a Medal of honor he received at the White House in 2005. (Public domain/Wikipedia)
January 1, 2017, 7:04 pm
Obama inks bill naming hospital after Jewish veteran
Korean War hero Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, waited 55 years for recognition long-ago delayed by anti-Semitism
By JTA
Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin is the subject of a new book, 'Single Handed.' (YouTube screenshot)
July 11, 2015, 4:24 pm
The Holocaust survivor recognized, belatedly, as a Korean War hero
‘Single-Handed’ is a chronicle of Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian Jew who repelled North Korean troops and only 50 years later received the Medal of Honor denied by his anti-Semitic officer
By Jerry Harkavy
US President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Elsie Shemin-Roth center, and Ina Bass left, accepting on behalf of their late father, Army Sergeant William Shemin, for actions while serving in France during World War I, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2015. (AFP/SAUL LOEB)
June 2, 2015, 9:39 pm
Black and Jewish WWI heroes receive US Medal of Honor
Sgt. William Shemin and Pvt. Henry Johnson said to have been denied recognition for valor due to discrimination
By AP
In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, Elsie Shemin-Roth flips through a book documenting the heroic acts of her father, William Shemin, during World War I, at her home in Labadie, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
May 15, 2015, 9:41 am
97 years later, Jewish, black WWI vets to receive Medal of Honor
William Shemin, who braved machine gun fire to rescue comrades, was likely passed over because he was Jewish
By JIM SALTER
Elsie Shemin-Roth holds a World War I photo of her father, William Shemin, at her home in Labadie, Missouri, January 5, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Jeff Roberson, File)
December 15, 2014, 11:47 pm
A century later, US Jewish soldier may get top medal
During WWI, Sgt. William Shemin pulled three fellow soldiers to safety, was shot in the head
By AP
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