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Bronze Star Certificate, 21 May 1951

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00001
Abstract

Certificate for Ernest K. Loeb for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy, European Theater of Operations during the Central Europe Campaign".

Dates: 21 May 1951

Bronze Star Medal, 21 May 1951

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00002
Abstract

Bronze Star MEdal awarded for for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy, European Theater of Operations during the Central Europe Campaign".

Dates: 21 May 1951

Dr. John J. Finesilver, 1928-1959

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Identifier: B111.03.0003.0013
Abstract

Dr. John Jacob Finesilver married Sarah Orlinsky in 1928. Finseilver served as an officer of the U.S. Dental Corps from May 1929 to January 1947. He was appointed as Comissioner of the Colorado State Athletic Comission in 1953 by Governor Dan Thornton.

Dates: 1928-1959

Gerald Himelgrin US Army and VA Papers, 1946-1953

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Identifier: B392.03.0003.0006
Abstract

File includes honorable discharge papers, draft registration card and correspondence between Himelgrin and the VA regarding a back injury.

Dates: 1946-1953

Oral History Interview with Rabbi Samuel Horwitz, 1978 June 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00030
Abstract

Rabbi Samuel Horwitz talks about New York (his birth place), seminary school, experience as a Jewish Chaplin and a Captain in the US Army during WWII. He speaks about his family and Jewish life in Billings, Montana.

Dates: 1978 June 15

Philip Brown, 1919-1963

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0018
Abstract Phillip P. Brown (1912-1994) was a Jewish activist and writer in Denver. He was part of the Motor Transport Corps of the U.S. Army, and was promoted to Seargent First Class in 1919. He married Juliette Lang on December 18, 1921, and they had two children, Jerome and Cecile. He fought in World War II from 1941-1945. Brown wrote a number of pamphlets and essays about Judaism, including: "Judaism and Christianity: Fundamental Differences," and "Why Jews & Judaism Could not and Should not...
Dates: 1919-1963

Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.

Dates: 1894-circa 1980