Governor Frank Allen officially received this morning the two Jewish World War veterans who hold the Congressional Medal of Honor, Captain Sydney Gumpertz of New York and Sargeant Benjamin Kauffman of Trenton, N. J., both of whom are attending the American Legion convention, as specially invited guests.
Alexander Brin, chairman of the Jewish Tercentenary Committee, presented the distinguished heroes to the Governor and pointed out that the acts of valor of these Jewish heroes had attracted international attention. The Congressional Record records 1,100 citations for valor to Jews of which number 723 were conferred by the American command. Of the 78 Congressional Medals of Honor awarded three went to Jews.
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