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Show , Marks J ewish Graves C JOSEPH S.WtJSS ftSS jwmtJ g if i IJuny In thu war tlie guises ul all "doughboys" who fell In battle or succumbed suc-cumbed to wounds or Illness were Indiscriminately In-discriminately marked with white wooden crosses. Hecause i the Jews did not acknowledge this symbol ,of Christianity, the War department ac-ceeded ac-ceeded to the request that graves of j Jewish soldiers l? distinguished by j the "Star of David." the emblem of Judaism. So today the graves of Christian soldiers are marked with crosses while those of t lie Hebrew faith are Indicated by stars. Tor the Fame reason during the war the collar col-lar Insignia of the chaplain of Jewish faith was changed from a cross to. a bbtpherd's crook. |