![]() ![]() ![]() In 1940, he was drafted into the army during the first ever peace time draft. Salomon, a Wisconsin native, graduated from dental school in 1937. JACK JACOBS, 71, a retired Army colonel who won the Medal of Honor for gallantry in Vietnam, spoke at the Salomon tribute. I urge you to watch the 25-minute video, which is much better than my brief summary of Salomon’s incredible story. Last November, the American Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel sponsored a lecture about Salomon’s life at the NYU School of Dentistry (AVI runs a free clinic in Jerusalem for poor kids of every background). Through this video, I learned a great deal more about Salomon. Our conversation led me to find a Youtube video tribute to Salomon. ![]() Recently, I was telling a dentist friend about BEN SALOMON (1914-1944), a Jewish dentist who posthumously won the Medal of Honor. ![]()
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