Word was received here during the week-end that Captain Vivien M. Moses, a member of one of South Carolina’s oldest and most prominent Jewish families, was the first Marine Corps aviator to be killed in action in Korea. Capt. Moses was a nephew of retired Marine Corps Major General Emile P. Moses. Another uncle, Herbert A. Moses, is a leader of the United Jewish Appeal in Sumter and a former chairman of the Sumter Jewish Welfare Fund.
Special Jewish memorial services were conducted aboard a Naval aircraft carrier off the Korean coast on Aug. 4. All hands stood at attention as “Yizkor” was recited. A Marine rifle squad fired a volley in honor of the 27-year-old captain. Death came to Captain Moses shortly after he was first shot down and rescued by a Marine helicopter off the Korean coast. He was aboard the carrier less than an hour when he took off on his last mission.
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