Tibor Rubin
Hungarian-American US Army Corporal and Medal of Honor recipient (1929–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).
Tibor Rubin | |
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Nickname(s) | Ted |
Born | (1929-06-18)June 18, 1929 Pásztó, Hungary |
Died | December 5, 2015(2015-12-05) (aged 86) Garden Grove, California, U.S. |
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1950–1953 |
Rank | Corporal |
Unit | Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division |
Battles/wars | Korean War |
Awards | Medal of Honor Purple Heart (2) |
Spouse(s) |
Yvonne Meyers (m. 1963) |
Children | 2 |
Rubin received the award from President George W. Bush on September 23, 2005, 55 years after the Korean War.[1] Rubin was repeatedly nominated for various military decorations, but was overlooked because of antisemitism by a superior.[2] Fellow soldiers who filed affidavits supporting Rubin's nomination for the Medal of Honor said that Rubin's sergeant "was an anti-Semite who gave Rubin dangerous assignments in hopes of getting him killed".[3] In November, 2016, President Obama signed legislation renaming the Long Beach California VA Medical Center after Rubin.[4]