Jewish World War I heroes could be awarded Medal of Honor

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives October 23, 2011

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Los Angeles Times At age 82, Elsie Shemin-Roth didn’t expect to be waging a campaign that could lead to the posthumous Medal of Honor award for some Jewish World War I veterans.

But the daughter of one such veteran is the leading force behind legislation that would direct the Pentagon to review the records of Jewish World War I veterans to determine whether any were denied the Medal of Honor because of discrimination. A little-noticed provision of a House-approved defense bill would require the Defense Department to determine whether Jewish recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross or other military decorations from World War I should posthumously receive the nation's highest military honor. More...