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An American rabbi in Korea [electronic resource]

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During the height of the Korean conflict, 1950-51, Orthodox Jewish chaplain Milton J. Rosen wrote 19 feature-length articles for Der Morgen Zhornal, a Yiddish daily in New York, documenting his wartime experiences as well as those of the servicemen under his care. Rosen was among those nearly caught in the Chinese entrapment of American and Allied forces in North Korea in late 1950, and some of his most poignant writing details the trying circumstances that faced both soldiers and civilians during that time. As chaplain, Rosen was able to offer a unique account o

Title An American rabbi in Korea [electronic resource] : a chaplain's journey in the forgotten war / Milton J. Rosen
translated and edited by Stanley R. Rosen.
Publisher Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press
Creation Date c2004
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]) and index.
English
Content The chaplain -- Der morgen zhornal -- Invasion -- Der morgen zhornal articles December 4-December 25, 1950 -- Disaster and retreat -- Der morgen zhornal articles December 28, 1950-January 14, 1951 -- Pusan again -- Der morgen zhornal articles January 16, 1951-March 11, 1951 -- Japan again.
Series Judaic studies series
Extent 1 online resource (147 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010716972405171
MARC RECORDS
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