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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Max Podolsky

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ms. Bonnie P. Theiner

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED ON USS SEAWOLF SS-197 AND USS PRESIDENT MONROE AP-104. BECAUSE HE SPOKE YIDDISH, HE WAS ORDERED TO PERFORM TRIAGE FOR GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR BROUGHT TO THE U.S. ON SHIPS IN 1945. HE INFORMED THE GERMAN PRISONERS THAT HE WAS A JEW. THIS OPERATION WAS GUARDED BY A PLATOON OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WHO WERE SHORE PATROL.