Sidney David Shanken

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media-54963.png UPL 54963 1LT Sidney David Shanken
Bombardier/Navigator
340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF

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Object Number - UPL 54963 - 1LT Sidney David Shanken Bombardier/Navigator 340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Missouri, USA	1 May 1922
Enlisted	San Antonio, Texas	16 March 1942
Other Combat Mission	Cupello, Italy	3 November 1943
Other Combat Mission	Kalamaki, Greece	15 November 1943
Other Combat Mission	Eleusis, Greece	16 November 1943
Died	Boynton Beach, Florida	16 September 2020	Rabbi Sidney David Shanken, z”l, died of complications from cancer early Wednesday morning in his home in Boynton Beach, Florida. He was 98 years old. His wife, Gloria Shanken, was at his side. Rabbi Shanken was a decorated bombardier navigator of World War II, a committed civil rights freedom rider, a dynamic pulpit rabbi for Cranford New Jersey’s Temple Beth-El over 20 years. A committed Zionist, Rabbi Shanken was a graduate of Israel’s guide school, a volunteer worker in the Har-El Project, a history teacher at the Goldstein Village in Jerusalem, and, with his wife Gloria worked as a community organizer in Arad.
Buried	Boynton Beach, Florida	19 September 2020	Eternal Light Memorial Gardens Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Date9 Dec 2021 20:40:20

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