{"id":20568,"date":"2023-09-10T06:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T06:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=20568"},"modified":"2023-09-10T06:32:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T06:32:52","slug":"schalit-leslie-elhanan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/schalit-leslie-elhanan\/","title":{"rendered":"Schalit, Leslie Elhanan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"name\">Leslie Elhanan Schalit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Trooper, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.<br>1st Regt.<br>Service number: 14528988<br>Died 23 Feb 1944<br>Buried Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy <br>Age 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8220;HE DIED FOR FREEDOM&#8221; <br>A FUTURE COMPOSER&#8217;S LIFE CUT SHORT BY WAR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SCHALIT-L.E.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SCHALIT-L.E.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SCHALIT-L.E-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SCHALIT-L.E-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Schalit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25596\" width=\"404\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Schalit.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Schalit-120x146.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Martin Sugarman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leslie Elhanan Schalit Trooper, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.1st Regt.Service number: 14528988Died 23 Feb 1944Buried Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy Age 19 Headstone Inscription&#8220;HE DIED FOR FREEDOM&#8221; 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