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NATION, Page 35American NotesTHE ARMYAn Honor Denied
Though some of his fellow soldiers say he single-handedly saved
his battalion by killing 600 Japanese soldiers during a 21-hour
siege on New Guinea in 1942, Sergeant David Rubitsky was never
awarded the Medal of Honor. Jewish groups and veterans'
organizations claim that anti-Semitism was the reason. Last week,
after a two-year inquiry, an Army review board ruled that Rubitsky
was not entitled to the medal. Lieut. Colonel Terrence Adkins, who
led the inquiry, said Rubitsky's exploits "did not occur as
alleged." An investigator described as "fraudulent" a photo with
Japanese inscriptions declaring that "600 fine soldiers died
because of a solitary American soldier." Rubitsky, 72, a retired
merchant seaman from Milton, Wis., maintains, "It did happen. I
think there is some sort of cover-up."