Abraham Krotoshinsky
Abraham Krotoshinsky | |
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Born | December 28, 1892 77th infantry division |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Distinguished Service Cross |
Other work | American settler in Palestine, United States Postal Service |
Abraham Krotoshinsky (December 28, 1892 – November 24, 1953) was a United States Army soldier who received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of his actions as part of The Lost Battalion during the final weeks of World War I.[1]
Early life
A son of Wolf Krotoshinsky, he was born in Plotsk, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, and came to New York City in 1912 in order to escape service in the Russian Army. He initially worked as a barber "I ran away from Russia and came to America to escape military service. I hated Russia, its people, its government, in particular its cruel and inhuman treatment of Jews. Such a Government I refused to serve.[2] "
Military service
Krotoshinsky undertook initial training at
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Abraham Krotoshinsky (ASN: 1706855), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., in Argonne Forest, France, 6 October 1918. Private Krotoshinsky was on liaison duty with a battalion of the 308th Infantry which was surrounded by the enemy north of the Forest De la Buinonne in the Argonne Forest. After patrols and runners had been repeatedly shot down while attempting to carry back word of the battalion's position and condition, Private Krotoshinsky volunteered for the mission and successfully accomplished it.[3]
After the war
Krotoshinsky portrayed himself in the 1919 film, The Lost Battalion (1919).[4]
Krotoshinsky, with the help of
Popular culture
He was portrayed by
References
- ^ a b "Abraham Krotoshinsky obit". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ ISBN 0814325483. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Valor awards for Abraham Krotoshinsky".
- ^ "The Lost Battalion". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "A WAR HERO'S TALE A&E TO SPOTLIGHT MAN'S WWI EXPLOITS. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Arthur Kremer". IMDb. Retrieved 12 December 2018.