This Memorial Day, I’m honoring one of my heroes, James “Jabby” Jabara, United States Air Force, the world’s first jet-to-jet ace. Since I write so much about the Middle East, I should point out that Jabara was an Arab, of Lebanese descent. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on October 10, 1923, and he died…
Today I remember Captain Ben Salomon
May 25, 2015
This is Memorial Day. Today we remember our fallen warriors. I’d like to introduce to you Captain Benjamin Lewis Salomon, a dentist with the 105th Infantry Regiment. He’s one of only three dentists and twenty-seven Jews to have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Salomon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 1, 1914. He…