Major Judah Nadich, senior Jewish Chaplain in the European Theatre of Operations, announced today that among the Jewish chaplains who will conduct Purim services for combat troops in the forward areas are:
Captains Herman Dicker of New York, 5th Infantry Division; Herbert Eskin of New York, 100th Infantry Division; Morris Frank of Chattanooga, 4th Infantry Division; Eli A. Bohnen of Buffalo; Ernest Lorge of New York; Jacob Ott of Chicago, 83rd Infantry Division; Herman Poliakoff of Baltimore, 29th Infantry Division; Wolf Go Plaut of Chicago, 104th Infantry Division; Emanuel Schenk of New York, 4th Armored Division; Abraham Zemach of Elgin, Illinois, 76th Infantry Division and First Lioutant Max Wall of New York, 9th Infantry Division.
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