Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2005 (17. évfolyam, 2-50. szám)

2005-11-04 / 43. szám

President Bush says Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran TIBOR RUBIN shows what it means to be an American. why I came through and helped them.” “My mother used to tell us that we’re all brothers and sisters, and in the Jewish religion, if you do a mitzvah - nothing but a good deed - that’s better than if you go to temple and beat your head and ask the Lord to help you,” he said. “I helped people because I could.” President Honors a Hero of the Korean War Awarding of Medal Was Thwarted Years Ago by Bias (The Washington Post) Tibor Rubin looked down at his emaci­ated body and had a hard time imagining that he was still a human being, likening himself to a sack of bones. He promised himself that if God would save him from the confines of a Nazi concentration camp, he would kiss the feet of his liberators and join them in their fight. Rubin was 15 when U.S. sol­diers opened the camp at Maut­hausen, and he recalled that his 14 months there ended with a solemn promise: “I was going to go to the U.S. and join the U.S. Army to show my appreciation.” More than half a century later, President Bush bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on Rubin, who not only joined the U.S. Army but also saved the lives of dozens of fellow American soldiers during the Korean War. Rubin used his survival skills from the brutal concentration camp to help nur­ture his U.S. comrades in a com­munist prisoner-of-war camp in the early 1950s, the White House said, giving hope and sustenance to soldiers who otherwise would likely have died in the custody of Chinese troops. Rubin, 76, once a corporal, received the Medal of Honor for a series of courageous acts while he was fighting in Korea as a member of the 1st Cavalry Divi­sion. He is credited with going back to save a soldier who had been left for dead on the battle­field, single-handedly staving off a relentless attack on his unit, and saving lives in the desperate con­fines of the POW camp. Receiving the coveted award from the president was the end of a long journey for the Hungar­ian-born Jew, whose opportunity to get the medal decades ago was thwarted by a discriminatory ser­geant who did not like Rubin’s reli­gion or nationality, officials said. In an interview yesterday, Rubin said he was often given the most dan­gerous assignments, often referred to by a derogatory phrase so that he nearly forgot his own name. But the Army has been reevaluating cases of heroism - particularly involving mem­bers of minority groups - to see whether Medals of Honor should have been given, and officers dis­covered Rubin and his story. Bush said Rubin exemplifies what it means to be an American, prais­ing his selfless courage and call­ing him a “true son of liberty.” “By repeatedly risking his own life to save others, Corporal Rubin exemplified the highest ideals of military service and ful­filled a pledge to give something back to the country that had given him his freedom,” Bush said at a White House ceremony. For Rubin, who goes by “Ted,” having the Medal of Honor ribbon placed around his neck was beyond his dreams. “I was just a small country boy from the Old Country, and now everyone is calling me ‘sir,’ “ Rubin said in an interview. “A three-star general called me sir. Only in the United States could a little guy go to the White House and the president give me the highest medal in the country. Only in the United States.” Army officials credit Rubin with saving at least 40 lives, in part because he was able to keep soldiers’ spirits up as they faced brutality similar to that in Mauthausen. Rubin said that he stole food from his captors to feed his sick friends, and that he nurtured the weak through the hardest times. He said he knew that survival was mostly mind over matter, and that he tried to get his fellow soldiers to think positively. “I tried to brainwash them, telling them they had to stay strong, not to forget their parents, that they have to get home and to not give up,” Rubin said. “I had been through it once, and that’s Good Times at the Csardas Pepperdine University student Oliver Szöcs celebrated his 24th birth­day in style at the Csardas Hungarian Restaurant in Hollywood: he invited 24 of his friends of all nationalities to share with him the tastes of home. For most of them, it was a first encounter with the exciting and delicious Hungarian cuisine. Happy Birthday, Oliver! Hungary Invents Bird Flu Vaccine BUDAPEST - Hungary claims to have developed a vaccine capable of protecting both people and birds against the avian flu bug, European media report, with László Bujdosó, the head of Hungary’s veterinary services saying “Hungary now has the technology to quickly and effectively produce large quantities of a vaccine against a mutated version of the virus”. The vaccine has been tested against samples of H5N1, which killed around 60 people in Asia and Budapest now has the capacity to produce 500,000 doses a week. Meanwhile, the EU is undergoing exercises to test its ability to face a pandemic and has extended its ban on poultry coming from Russia. European countries continue to stockpile anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu, with sales at one producer, Roche, shooting up 263 percent in the past three months. But the Stockholm-based EU Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said the fears over a bird flu-related human pandemic are exaggerated.“The risk of infection is almost non-existent”, a position paper adopted by the centre on Wednesday (19 October) stated. DUNA Travel 8530 Holloway Dr. #102 W. Hollywood, CA 90069 SPECIÁLIS ÁR LAX-BUD-LAX $419.- 4-TX. Információért hívják ZSUZSÁT TEL: (310) 652-5294 FAX: (310) 652-5287 1-888-532-0168 November 4, 2005 ÍD Budapest - Los Angeles Expressz A Hungarian-American Synergy Benefit Fund Bálja 2005. november 19, szombat Csatlakozzon hozzánk ezen az izgalmas és elegáns estén az Olympic Collection Banquet és Conference Center Grand Báltermében. 11301 Olympic Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA 90025 6 órától koktéllal látjuk vendégül Önöket, miközben a nemzetközi hírű festőművész Makk család kiállításában gyönyörködhetnek. 7 órától ínyenc vacsorát és bort szolgálunk fel. 8 órától kezdődhet a műsor és a tánc. A Budapest - Los Angeles Expressz mesebeli utazásra ragadja önöket a zene, a tánc és a divat “kerekein”. Idegenvezetők lesznek a táncosok, színészek, operaénekesek és az exkluzive St’ John’s divatház gyönyörű modelljei. Végállomásunkhoz érkezve táncolják át az éjszakát a múlt és jelen nagy slágereire (Mandel Music) Tiszteletbeli fővédnökök: SIMONYI ANDRÁS, Magyarország Nagykövete ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, Los Angeles Polgármestere Az estély nyereségét az alapítvány jótékony célú, magyar-amerikai kulturális és egészségügyi programok támogatására fordítja. Az írásbeli pályázatot benyújtó jelentkezők közül bizottság választja ki a jutalmazottakat. Jelentkezési lapok az alább feltüntetett címen igényelhetők. Jegyek: vacsorával és itallal személyenként $150 Ezüst Pártoló $500 (2 jeggyel) Arany Pártoló $1000 (4 jeggyel) Gyémánt Pártoló $2000 (8 jeggyel) A jegyek és a pártolás összege az adóból levonhatók. (Fed. Tax ID: 20-1608641) Megjelenés: Férfiak szmokingban, Hölgyek báli ruhában Parkolás ingyenes Jegyigénylés 2005. november 3-ig az alábbi címen: HASBF PO Box 252008, West Los Angeles, CA 90025-8908 Fax 310-476-9972, e-mail: hasbf@verizon.net Tel: 310-613-2957 reggel 10-től este 8-ig AMERICAN I Hungarian Journal AMERIKAI Magyar Hírlap

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