Hungarian-born Tibor Rubin was sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp at 13 and when he was liberated by American troops 14 months later he vowed to join the U.S. army if and when he ever got to America.
For 24 years, three U.S. presidents — including, until now, Barack Obama — shielded Israel from an international community that has sought to exact consequences for its continued presence in disputed lands.