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Snip from the 2001 article:

Today Rubitsky is 82 years old. He spent a total of 40 years in active military service. He is currently a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Vietnam Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans.

He and those who love him want to see this injustice righted.

Evelyn Smith, the widow of Gen. Smith, has written a notarized statement regarding her husband’s support of Rubitsky: “My husband told me that Sgt. David Rubitsky deserved to win the Congressional Medal a second time in Leyte, Philippines, for knocking out seven machine gun nests, killing nearly 200 or more Japanese soldiers. …”

As for Rubitsky, himself, he says his lobbying for the medal at this stage is simply a matter of principle.

1 posted on 07/03/2013 8:13:55 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: Perseverando

Somehow I just KNEW HIS NAME WAS DAVID!...............


2 posted on 07/03/2013 8:14:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: Perseverando

“Win?” that is an archaic term for the CMOH it was won in wars like the civil war Tom Custer got two but I think even by WW1 that term was being phased out for recipient or derivatives.


4 posted on 07/03/2013 8:19:57 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Perseverando

Impossible!

I’ve read that Jewish people are cowards and have never supported America, especially in military service right here on F.R.

Over-and-over.

(Yes, being saracastic, but wait and watch for these guys to show up here.)


5 posted on 07/03/2013 8:22:17 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Perseverando
"He and those who love him want to see this injustice righted. "

And a good way of doing this is... ?

6 posted on 07/03/2013 8:23:19 AM PDT by celmak
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To: Perseverando

Dang good thing he had a copious stash of ammo in that bunker!


7 posted on 07/03/2013 8:26:37 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Tactical Awareness. Use your brain. Then bring the pain.)
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To: Perseverando

Cotton Hill only killed fity men.


9 posted on 07/03/2013 8:27:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Perseverando
In a similar vein, supposedly there was one guy manning a machine gun that wreaked most of the havoc at Omaha Beach.

One German responsible for 3/4ths of US deaths on Omaha Beach

Hein Severloh " The beast of Omaha "

19 posted on 07/03/2013 8:42:42 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have known that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional news?)
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To: Perseverando

How can Rubitsky be 82 years old. 1942 was 71 years ago. I would believe 92 years old.


22 posted on 07/03/2013 8:47:06 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Gun Control is the Key to totalitarianism and genocide.)
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To: Perseverando
After reading this article, I realized that this brave man was a soldier in the 2nd Battalion, 128th Infantry of the 32rd Infantry Division (Red Arrow).

I was enlisted into the 3rd Battalion 128th Infantry back in 1964. I knew two of the officers listed in the article, the Company Commander and the Battalion Commander and knew of the Chief of Staff who made the anti-Semetic remark. The Company and Battalion Commanders were fine officers and friends of my late Father.

While it is too late, I hope he gets the recognition he deserves. He is one of the reasons that the 32nd was so respected. In fact, the only entity to stop the 32nd was that God-Damned McNamara and the Johnson Administration...may they rot in hell!

26 posted on 07/03/2013 8:49:52 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Perseverando

Is it me or has anyone else never heard of someone lobbying for the Medal of Honor for themself? You see CMH winner on documentarys and shows and they tend to be humble people who downplay their actions. Generally people push for the recogntion on their behalf. This gentleman seems to be the polar opposite.


27 posted on 07/03/2013 8:49:54 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: Perseverando

Buried this morning at the Rock Island National Cemetery.

http://qctimes.com/promo/front/controversial-war-hero-dies-in-east-moline/article_6b372c9e-6991-5918-b43b-772f3b30779e.html

http://www.trimblefuneralhomes.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/931604/obit/David-S-Rubitsky


28 posted on 07/03/2013 8:50:26 AM PDT by iowamark
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Wonderful article. May his soul be bound in the bonds of eternity.

Unfortunately, there was at the time an anti-Semitic factor in the military. This is not because of mere ethnic prejudice (which anti-Semitism is not), but because of opposition to the coming Kingdom of G-d on earth. That's what all the "conspiracy" talk is about.

32 posted on 07/03/2013 9:02:22 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
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48 posted on 07/03/2013 9:47:49 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: Perseverando

Rubitsky was in my father’s regiment, the 128th of the 32nd ID. My father joined the division as a replacement after the Buna campaign, but would have fought with Rubitsky on Leyte. He sounds like a good man to have next to you during a fight.


51 posted on 07/03/2013 10:16:30 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Perseverando

did he use an old jaw bone from an ass?


54 posted on 07/03/2013 10:25:56 AM PDT by RC one
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At the risk of unintentionally kicking up yet another sh*t storm, I have to ask another question; why did WND use the picture of an Australian soldier to head up the story? Look at the hat, the chevrons and the rifle - a Lee-Enfield if I’m not mistaken.


58 posted on 07/03/2013 10:50:33 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: Perseverando

RIP.


62 posted on 07/03/2013 3:42:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Perseverando

Another WWII Jewish hero who experienced anti-Semitism and recognized so many years later he was proper: A portrait in valor: Tibor Rubin.

http://www.greatamericans.com/video/Portraits-of-Valor-Tibor-Rubin


63 posted on 07/03/2013 7:33:52 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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