An edition of Single handed (2015)

Single handed

the inspiring true story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero, and Medal of Honor recipient

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An edition of Single handed (2015)

Single handed

the inspiring true story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero, and Medal of Honor recipient

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"From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the incredible story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor... In 1944, a thirteen-year-old Hungarian boy named Tibor Rubin was captured by the Nazis and sent to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp. The teenager endured its horrors for more than a year. After surviving the Holocaust, he arrived penniless in America, barely speaking English. In 1950, Tibor volunteered for service in the Korean War. After acts of heroism that included single-handedly defending a hill against an onslaught of enemy soldiers, braving sniper fire to rescue a wounded comrade, and commandeering a machine gun after its crew was killed, he was captured. As a POW, Tibor called on his experience in Mauthausen to help fellow GIs survive two and half years of captivity. Tibor returned from Korea in 1953, but it wasn't until 2005-at age 76-that he was invited to the White House, where he received the Medal of Honor from President George W. Bush. It had taken over half a century for Tibor's adopted homeland to recognize this Jewish immigrant for acts of valor that went "beyond the call of duty." But when it did, the former Hungarian refugee became the only survivor of the Holocaust to have earned America's highest military distinction. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and extensive interviews, author Daniel M. Cohen presents the inspiring story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin for the first time in its entirety and gives us a stirring portrait of a true hero. INCLUDES PHOTOS"--

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-411) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
951.904/242092, B
Library of Congress
DS135.H93 R833 2015, DS135.H93R833 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
442 pages
Number of pages
442

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OL31058051M
Internet Archive
singlehandedinsp0000cohe
ISBN 13
9780425279755
LCCN
2014044601

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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor Teddy Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor... After being captured by Nazis and living through a year in the Mauthausen concentration camp, young Hungarian immigrant Tibor Rubin arrived in America, penniless and barely speaking English. In 1950, he volunteered for service in the Korean War. After numerous acts of heroism, including single-handedly defending a hill against enemy soldiers, rescuing a wounded comrade amid sniper fire, and commandeering a machine gun, he was captured and spent two and a half years in captivity. Still, it wasn't until 2005, when Tibor was seventy-six, that he received the Medal of Honor from President George W. Bush making the former Hungarian refugee the only Holocaust survivor to earn America s highest military distinction.

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