  edouard victor michel izac (cresco, iowa, december 18, 1891 &ndash; january 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the united states navy during world war i, a representative from california and a medal of honor recipient. ==biography== he was born with the last name of isaacs, the youngest of nine children, in cresco, howard county, iowa, to balthazar (born in alsace-lorraine) and mathilda geuth (born in philadelphia, with the family heritage from baden-wÃ¼rttemberg). an immigration officer had changed the family name from izac to isaacs when balthazar entered the united states in the 1850s.mikaelian, allen, with mike wallace, (2002). - medal of honor: profiles of america's military heroes from the civil war to the present. - new york: hyperion. - p. 47. - isbn 978-0-7868-6662-5. izac attended the school of the assumption, cresco, iowa, the high school at south st. paul, minnesota, and werntz preparatory school, annapolis, maryland. he graduated from the united states naval academy in 1915. the day following his graduation from the academy he married agnes cabell (died 1975), daughter of general de rosey carroll cabell.mikaelian, p.49. he first served on the battleship , then after he was promoted from ensign to lieutenant (junior grade), he signed up for the naval transport service. during this time, his daughter cabell was born in 1916. he transferred to the troop transport  in july 1917. from her maiden voyage in the u.s. navy, october 18, 1917, she made five successful trips to europe and back.mikaelian, p. 50. on may 31, 1918, president lincoln sank after being struck by three torpedoes from the german submarine uâ90. izac was taken aboard the uâ90 as a prisoner of war. learning valuable information about enemy submarine movements on the trip to germany, he tried to escape several times.{{cite web |url=http://www.his
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