without formal training; received Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, and British decorations; volunteered to Israeli Army to defend against Transjordan Arab Legion; became first Israeli brigadier general; served as commander of Jerusalem front Morris W. Morris, aka Lewis Morrison, first Black-Jewish commissioned officer in both the Confederate (1861) and Union (1861-1865) armies; served with the 2nd Louisiana Native Guard (Confederate) and also with the 2nd Louisiana Native Guard (U.S.) after its reorganization as a Union regiment Judah Nadich, Jewish chaplain and advisor on Jewish affairs on Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff Mark Polansky, NASA, USAF (Ret.), Space Shuttle commander Arnold Resnicoff, navy chaplain, special assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (Equivalent military rank: brigadier general) Hyman Rickover, United States Navy admiral, "Father of the Nuclear Navy" Jack L. Rives, lieutenant general, USAF, TJAG (The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force) Maurice Rose, major general (World War II); negotiated the unconditional surrender of the Germans in Tunisia, Commanded 3rd Armored Division, the first division to cross the German border and the first to breach the Siegfried line; killed in combat Max Rose, U.S. Army infantry officer, veteran of the War in Afghanistan. Recipient of the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the detonation of an improvised explosive device. Tibor Rubin (Korea), recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in battle and in Chinese POW camp Brigadier General Edward S. Salomon (Civil War) Haym Salomon (American Revolution), Sons of Liberty, financier Francis Salvador (American Revolution), "Paul Revere of the South" Norton A. Schwartz, general, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Mordecai Sheftall, fought in the Revolutionary War and financier. George Stern (Civil War), enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as "Charles Stein" in June 1864 in Philadelphia, promoted to sergeant and later captured by the Confederates and imprisoned in Pensacola Michel Thomas (World War II), awarded Silver Star for service with 45th Infantry Division in 1944; CIC Agent, 1945–47 Judah Touro (War of 1812), civilian volunteer in the American Army; philanthropist David L. Goldfein, General USAF, Chief of Staff of United States Air Force July 2016 – August 2020 See also List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients Military history of Jewish Americans Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America References Notes Military Jewish Americans Jews