Single handed
Subtitle: the inspiring true story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero, and Medal of Honor recipient
By: Daniel M. Cohen
Edition: Berkley Caliber trade paperback edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780425279762
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Jews; Hungarian Jews; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish soldiers; Personal narratives; Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953
Description: BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor Teddy Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor... After being captured by Nazis and living through a year in the Mauthausen concentration camp, young Hungarian immigrant Tibor Rubin arrived in America, penniless and barely speaking English. In 1950, he volunteered for service in the Korean War. After numerous acts of heroism, including single-handedly defending a hill against enemy soldiers, rescuing a wounded comrade amid sniper fire, and commandeering a machine gun, he was captured and spent two and a half years in captivity. Still, it wasn't until 2005, when Tibor was seventy-six, that he received the Medal of Honor from President George W. Bush making the former Hungarian refugee the only Holocaust survivor to earn America s highest military distinction.
Notes: "Berkley Caliber hardcover edition/May 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.