More Zionist Heroes?

A Zionist run 'Documentary Maker' decides to do a series on the Battle of the Bulge and winds up at the Jewish War Veterans post in Palm Beach. The story flow, and so do the tears.

Patton's Spearhead

In today's version a Jewish Major was Patton's lead commander, and much feared by Nazis.

Supply Battalion?

I don't understand how one goes from running a rear area supply depot, to Patton's lead tank commander?

 

A Box Of Purple Hearts Arrive

Abe Schrier took some schrapnel in the face but refused to be evacuated. "You don't leave the best division in the Army," he said. "You never knew where you'd wind up."


For 59 years, he didn't know where his Purple Heart wound up. He should have received one for the shrapnel wound, but the hurried medic never filled out the paperwork. The medal finally caught up with Schreier at Sunday's meeting when it was presented by a representative from Sen. Bill Nelson's office. "Talk about being down in the dumps for so long," Schreier said. "Now this is closure, finally."

Capture And Paraded Around

Arnold Press, of Lake Worth, had a different experience. He was captured the day after the offensive began and was paraded around German towns along with other prisoners.

"We were reluctant to speak about it," said Press, who was not interviewed for the show.

Press often second-guessed himself later, asking: "Why did my buddies die and not me? Did we give up too early?"

Producer Meets 'The Boys'

In March, Fisher got a call from Scott Alexander, a producer for Tower Productions in Chicago, an independent company that had been contracted by The Weather Channel to prepare the series. Fisher suggested that Alexander attend an April reunion dinner at the Palm Beach Airport Hilton. He gathered fellow Bulge vets Sy Reitman of Delray Beach, along with Jack Ott and Al Irzyk of West Palm, and the interviews were conducted over the next few days.

Taken Prisoner

"We got shot up," said Morse, 79, who now lives in West Palm Beach. He was captured on the fourth day of the battle, "four days of hell -- at least, they scared the hell out of me." His time in hell continued until April 1, when he was liberated. By then his weight had dropped from 170 pounds to 90.