Stars and Stripes [Newspaper]
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1945 February 23
The newspaper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Stephen K. Yasinow, the son of J. Benjamin and Rose Kaplan Yasinow and the the nephew of Alexander Wurtz.
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Stars and Stripes [Newspaper]
Issue of US Army newspaper, Stars and Stripes Mediterranean (Combat ed.), with headline: Fresh Marines Rushed Into Fierce Iwo Battle. The newspaper was saved by Alexander Wurtz, a Jewish soldier in the US Army. On January 22, 1944, Alexander was drafted into the United States Army and entered active service on February 12. He joined the 351st Infantry Regiment and fought in the Italian campaign until the war ended in May 1945. He and his unit were then assigned to peace keeping duties in northern Italy. Alex was discharged from the Army on February 8, 1946 and returned to Philadelphia.
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Newspaper, front page to page 8.