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Posted on 12/8/21 at 6:03 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Richard Stern, a German Jewish soldier, was awarded the prestigious Iron Cross in 1917. During the 1930s he was photographed boldly wearing his Iron Cross as he confronted Nazi paramilitary units (SA) who had come to enforce the boycott of his shop. Stern was arrested, but managed to escape and eventually made his way to America. During WW II he donated his now-infamous Iron Cross to a scrap-metal drive so it could be melted down for ammunition. Though he was already forty years of age, he joined the US Army and earned a Silver Star, America’s third highest medal for bravery, for gallantry in Italy.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 7:11 pm to Kafka
Sears catalog, 1977
Posted on 12/8/21 at 7:30 pm to Kafka
Well, that’s interesting. However, for him to have been 40 years old in the U. S. Army in the Italian campaign in World War 2, he would have to have been born no later than 1903. That means he could not have been older than 14 years of age in the last German offensive in World War 1 and would have been 11 years old when the Great War started. I’m not trying to denigrate the man or his story. I’m merely pointing out that, literally, things don’t add up.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:07 pm to beachdude
quote:OK, let's look at the section in question:
However, for him to have been 40 years old in the U. S. Army in the Italian campaign in World War 2, he would have to have been born no later than 1903. That means he could not have been older than 14 years of age in the last German offensive in World War 1 and would have been 11 years old when the Great War started. I’m not trying to denigrate the man or his story. I’m merely pointing out that, literally, things don’t add up.
quote:It doesn't say when he joined the army. He could have joined in 1940.
though he was already forty years of age, he joined the US Army and earned a Silver Star, America’s third highest medal for bravery, for gallantry in Italy.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:08 pm to Kafka
1970
Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:27 pm to Kafka
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Macy’s department store employee cleaning up piles of debris after the Christmas shopping rush (1948)
How little things have changed
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:12 pm to Kafka
I did a google search on Mr Stern
He won the Silver Star in Italy in ‘44 at the age of 45
He convinced a larger force of Germans to surrender to his unit by speaking German to them on the battlefield
So he was about 18 yo in ‘17 when he won the Iron Cross
He won the Silver Star in Italy in ‘44 at the age of 45
He convinced a larger force of Germans to surrender to his unit by speaking German to them on the battlefield
So he was about 18 yo in ‘17 when he won the Iron Cross
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:35 pm to Kafka
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…he could have joined in 1940…
This photo and story piqued my interest and I looked a little further into it. You are correct regarding his age and when he joined the U.S. Army. He was 43 when he enlisted and 44 when he served in Italy. He easily could have served in WW1 in the German army and unquestionably did so. His great nephew is or was the local rabbi in Tallahassee and has preserved the family story. The best part is that this photo posted in our thread is to be found in several international museums where it serves as a statement regarding individual responsibility and courage in the face of tyranny.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 4:49 pm to beachdude
1930 - I assume this was a prohibition product.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 4:54 pm to mauser
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:28 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:33 pm to Kafka
Biology class at Humes High School, Memphis 1953. Juvenile delinquents and miscreants, sit in the back.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 8:13 pm to Kafka
The movie premiere attendance record was broken in 1996 at the Superdome showing of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in New Orleans when 65,000 guests attended.
We were there with our kids and have memorabilia stored away somewhere.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 3:38 pm to 81Tiger
Posted on 12/10/21 at 5:54 pm to kywildcatfanone
A Christmas card from Harry Houdini
Posted on 12/10/21 at 5:57 pm to Kafka
A 1968 Rolex ad stressing adventure rather than status/snob appeal
Posted on 12/10/21 at 6:37 pm to Kafka
An Edsel station wagon
Posted on 12/10/21 at 9:08 pm to Kafka
1983
Posted on 12/11/21 at 7:45 am to Kafka
Interior production still for the film Pleasure Crazed circa 1929
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