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Medal of Honor Recipients of the Jewish Faith

Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Medal of Honor Recipients of the Jewish Faith Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022
1. Medal of Honor Recipients of the Jewish Faith Marker
Inscription.
Medal of Honor Recipients
of the Jewish Faith

Benjamin Levy 3-1865 • Abraham Cohn 8-1865 • Leopoldo Karpeles 4-1870 • Simon Suhler 11-1876 • David Orbansky 8-1879 • Samuel Gross 5-1917 • Sydney G. Gumpertz 2-1919 • Benjamin Kaufman 5-1919 • William Sawelson 2-1919 • Raymond Zussman 5-1945 • Isadore S. Jackman 7-1950 • Jack H. Jacobs 10-1969 • John L. Levitow 5-1970 • Tiber Rubin 9-2005

Dedicated by Post 780 - Jewish War Veterans Ocala FL 2001
 
Erected 2001 by Post 780 - Jewish War Veterans Ocala FL.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
 
Location. 29° 11.195′ N, 82° 6.108′ W. Memorial is in Ocala, Florida, in Marion County. It can be reached from East Fort King Street 0.1 miles south of East Silver Springs Boulevard. Marker located within the Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2601 East Fort King Street, Ocala FL 34470, United States of
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Regionally, this memorial is in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Iwo Jima (here, next to this marker); Allies Victorious (here, next to this marker); Stalag Luft IV (here, next to this marker); The Red Ball Express (here, next to this marker); Tuskegee Airmen (here, next to this marker); Raid on Tokyo Japan (here, next to this marker); World War II Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Navy Seabees of America (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocala.
 
Also see . . .  Hall of Heroes: American Jewish Recipients of the Medal of Honor. (Submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Medal of Honor Recipients of the Jewish Faith Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022
2. Medal of Honor Recipients of the Jewish Faith Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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