Detroit evening times., 1942-05-18
Jewish DSC
Evidence of
Killers Lies
All Races, Creeds Fight
EquaIIy.WelI for U. S. [
BY DAMON RUNYON

Gently OF the Distinguished
Service Cross to Lieut.. Henry
d. Mark of Los Angeles Is an
other indication that the spirit
of my favorite soldier, Sam
Dreben, "the fighting Jew goes
marching on. >
From that great Valhalla
where the souls of all gallant
men abide, Sam must be watch
ing with pride the exploits in
this war of the Americans of
his religious faith that the fifth
column propagandists said would
not fight.
The answer to this lie has
been given at Pearl Harbor, at
Wake Island. on Bataan and in
the very plane that Colin Kelly
flew. IL will be repeated again
and again on every field of bat
tie where our troops are en-
gagged,
All OF us have always known
that there is no difference in the
courage of Americans, Jew or
gentle. when put to the test,
but the fifth columnists were
trying TO make il appear other.
wise before the war.
THE Hitlerites were trying TO
L spread the impression that
the Jews were somehow differ
ent from other Americans
that they would not take up
arms in defense OF the flag with
the same patriotic fervor-an
fnsuit to the memory of Dreben
and thousands of his faith who
fought in our other, wars, but
nonetheless eagerly whispered
about by the totalitarian
stooges.
think you will hear little OF
the blather now for the Ameri-
cans of Israel are writing their
names in imperishable letters Of
fire across the skies of glory
along with the Americans OF
every other religious faith and
racial origin.
The Jewish boys in this war
are no more heroic than any,
body else, but surely they are
not any less, which is the point
l am making.
I LIEUTENANT MARK. 28
- years old. and in the army
seven years. was killed in the
Philippines at the head of his
troop of Filipino scouts charg-
ing japanese tanks with hand
grenades.
One of his brothers is in the
service now and two others are
going in. His father. Abraham
Mark. former city health COM
missioner of Los Angeles, served
with Arthur Macarthur in the
islands and is trying 10 get in
the army again.
Corp. Meyer Levin was Colin
kelly's bombardier and laid
three bombs across the Haruna.
Art Arthur. who was a noted
columnist in Brooklyn before
turning Hollywood scenarist,
and who checked up on the list
of Jewish heroes to date for me,
calls my attention 10 the name
combination of Kelly and Levin
as a typical American team.
which II certainly is.
ENSIGN STANLEY CAPLAN
~ was commended by Secre-
tary Knox for distinguished serv-
ice at Pearl Harbor.
He assumed command OF n
destroyer when the attack broke
and although he had only eight
months experience afloat he
conducted operations aboard the
ship for 36 hours lin an out
standing manner" as Knox said.
GAM COHEN was a marine
W corps private on Wake Island
and presumably captured. Silver
man and Goldberg are other
names that have bobbed up in
the news of action on far flung
fields.
i think il was a Texas paper
that remarked as long ago as
last March that while only 3
per cent Of the American popu-
lation is Jewish, 8 per cent OF
the recipients of the Distin-
guished Flying Cross up to that
time were Americans of the.
Jewish faith.
And now / will present let
ter that was written TO the
father of Lieutenant Mark,
which covers my whole thought
herein much more briefly than
l have been able TO do. The
writer of the letter does not
wish his name used. but ohas
permitted me to publish the
text. Here il is:
Dear Sir: I know that this
little tribute IL small consolation
In your hour Of grief.
"Yet your son--and many like
him-are providing the finest
answer to the rat-like Hitlerites
Of this nation who have sought
to make the American Jew seem
different from his good neigh.
bors around him.
Their propaganda pales and
their infamy stands out, unmis-
taxable and shameful. i'm the