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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Joshua Louis Goldberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York City, New York

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Upon his commissioning as a U.S Navy officer on January 8, 1942, he became the first rabbi accepted as a Navy chaplain in the war and eventually was promoted to the rank of Navy captain. He was the first rabbi to earn this rank. During the war, the Navy sent him to Navy bases around the world as part of a Jewish-Catholic-Protestant chaplain team.