This rabbi and Vietnam vet helped unveil the Vietnam War memorial in 1982

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May 24, 2020 | News | Jerusalem & Area
This rabbi and Vietnam vet helped unveil the Vietnam War memorial in 1982

 In 1969, Arnold Resnicoff went straight from Dartmouth to the Mekong Delta with the US Navy, and from there to the Jewish Theological Seminary to become a rabbi.


He was among a small group of veterans who advocated for the establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the National Mall here, in part because he wanted to heal the wounds the war opened among Americans. In 1982, in uniform — he had reenlisted as a chaplain — he delivered the closing prayer at the memorial’s dedication.

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