#DYK March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day?This is a colorized portrait of Staff Sergeant Isadore
#DYK March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day?This is a colorized portrait of Staff Sergeant Isadore Jachman, a German-born, Baltimore-raised Jewish soldier in WWII. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his sacrifice defending a small town in Belgium from the Germans in 1945.When his unit was pinned down by German artilary, Jachman dashed into enemy fire, grabbed the bazooka of a fallen comrade, and forced two tanks to retreat.He is honored with a statue in Flamierge, Belgium and an Armory named after him in Owings Mills, Maryland. JMM 1996.112.001a-b. -- source link
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