LONDON (AP) — Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest. Why, the officer demanded, had Kersh refused to eat his army rations of canned beef and vegetables, subsisting only on canned peaches? Was he trying to make himself […]
The post A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings appeared first on Religion News Service.
Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnLONDON (AP) — Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest. Why, the officer demanded, had Kersh refused to eat his army rations of canned beef and vegetables, subsisting only on canned peaches? Was he trying to make himself […]
The post A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings appeared first on Religion News Service.nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
The post A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings appeared first on Religion News Service.nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]