After 55-year wait, Jewish veteran to receive Medal of Honor

LOS ANGELES – Tibor Rubin a Hungarian Jew kept his promise to join the U.S. Army after American troops late in World War II freed him from the concentration camp in Austria.
Rubin immigrated to New York after the war, joined the Army and fought as an infantryman on the frontline's in the Korean War. In 1951, Chinese troops captured Cpl. Rubin and other U.S. soldiers and he became a prisoner of war for 2½ years.

He was nominated four times for the Medal of Honor the nation's highest recognition, for a lot of good deeds he did and bravery he showed during battle, but it is believed that the paperwork was never submitted because a member of his chain of command discriminated against him for being Jewish and born in Hungary. Now President Bush on Sept. 23 will give Rubin the Medal of Honor.