in hono[u]r of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

ob WNN: yes, children, once upon a time the radio
networks actually had international news bureaus
and their associted foreign correspondents. You could
even get Business News From Tokee-yoh!
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[NY Times]

Like many veterans, Max Fuchs did not talk much about what he did in the war. 
His children knew he landed at Omaha Beach. Sometimes, they were allowed to 
feel the shrapnel still lodged in his chest.

And once, he had told them, he sang as the cantor in a Jewish prayer service on 
the battlefield.

rest, with photos and link to the recording:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/nyregion/18cantor.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
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youtube:

The Jewish Service Heard Round the World: Live from Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZihm6VlYjo
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