The Gold Star

What's the difference between 'Lest We Forget' and our 'Golden Book'?

'Lest We Forget' remembers Veterans that had a JWV-Michigan Post named for them. Some of them were not from Michigan (Major General Maurice Rose), and some were not even Jewish (The Four Chaplains). Some of those remembered were not wartime casualties, but their contribution to JWV was so great that friends named their JWV Post after them when they passed. Not only does 'Lest We Forget' honor the memory of those Veterans, but also the memory of those Posts - many of which have been combined into other Posts as their membership declined.

The printed 'JWV Michigan Golden Book' remembers Michigan-based Jewish Veterans that died in WWII and Korea. There is a small overlap between our 'Golden Book' and 'Lest We Forget'.

About our 'Golden Book'

The following list of names are all "click-able". For those that had a dedicated page in our printed Golden Book, that page is displayed. For the remainder, a summary page is displayed. Our intent is to gradually research each name on the summary pages and create a digital Golden Book page for that person. As that is done, their name within the index below will link to their new Golden Book page, and will be removed from the digital summary page.

The names listed below died in WWII, unless otherwise indicated next to the name. While converting our 'Golden Book' to digital form, research added additional names from World Wars One & Two, Korea, and the Vietnam War, through 1969. The list of names below are those killed-in-action that we have been told were Jewish and from Michigan. Additional Michigan Jewish soldiers, sailors, and airmen likely were killed-in-action that we have not been told about. Contact us by email here to add someone.

There were 230 pages in the Golden Book digitally copied, including an introduction page and an epilog page. There are 5 more summary pages at the end just before the epilog, listing Jewish Michigan dead for which we have no information other than name.

To make viewing easier, a slideshow is available to go through all of the digital 'Golden Book'.

Links:       Golden Book introduction page       Golden Book epilog page       Golden Book Slideshow