Isadore Jachman, an American paratrooper, earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for defending the town of Flamierge, Belgium from a German attack on January 4, 1945. Honor and remember him!

Jachman, who was Jewish, had been born in Berlin in 1922, moving to Baltimore when he was two years old. Six of Jachman’s aunts and uncles were murdered in the Holocaust. 

When his unit, Company B, 1st Battalion, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was pinned down by German artillery, mortar and small arms fire, Jachman realized that two enemy tanks were also advancing on his fellow Americans. Jachman grabbed a bazooka and stood in the open, firing at the tanks, damaging one and causing the other to fall back. 

Jachman was mortally wounded during the battle, which was only his tenth day of combat. He was only 21 years old and one of three Jewish Americans to earn the Medal of Honor in World War II, which was presented to his family in 1950. He is buried at Adath Israel Anshe Sfard Cemetery in Baltimore, MD.