This yard-long photo arrived in the mail today. Its of Camp Rosenwald, which was a training camp held at Fort Snelling in June, 1920. The following is from a newspaper article at that time as well as various sources around the internet. Camp Rosenwald will be the name of the camp at Fort Snelling next week, when the Minnesota National Guard holds it annual encampment. The name is given in honor of Lieut. Rosenwald of Minneapolis who was killed in France. - Journal-Lancet Minneapolis June 1, 1920 Lieutenant John Paul Rosenwald first gained recognition as a star football player for the University of Minnesota. John Rosenwald graduated from the University of Minnesota and then completed medical school at John A. Creighton Medical School in Omaha in 1910. He was a well regarded Minneapolis physician and surgeon. Married and thirty-four years old, Rosenwald answered the call of duty. Lieutenant John Rosenwald became a medical officer in the 151 st Field Artillery, the 42nd Division. The 151st was comprised of men from Minnesota, many of them from Minneapolis. On May 6, 1918, the 151st Artillery was in the Luneville sector in the Lorraine region of France. Rosenwald received the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. His citation reads: He twice entered the quarry of Battery C, 151st FA, under heavy shell fire, during the action at Pexonne, France on March 5, 1918 in order to care for the wounded. He died May 6, 1918 of wounds received in action. A shell fragment reportedly pierced his neck and severed his jugular vein. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) John P. Rosenwald, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 151st Field Artillery (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., at Pexonne, France, on 5 March 1918. First Lieutenant Rosenwald twice entered the quarry of Battery C, 151st Field Artillery, under heavy shell fire, in order to care for the wounded. He died 6 May 1918, of wounds received in action. A shell fragment reportedly pierced his neck and severed his jugular vein. He died at Vacquerlille in the Lorraine area of France. The United States Army buried Lieutenant Rosenwald with full military honors at the French cemetery in Baccarat, France. He was reinterred at St Marys Cemetery in Minneapolis. He is also remembered on Victory Memorial Drive as one of the 568 Hennepin County residents who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War. John Rosenwald was the son of John F. Rosenwald, born Germany, and Maria A Groupman, born McLeod County, Minnesota. John was married April 13 1912 to Mayme T. Kelley, who was born in Carver County, Minnesota. A street in Fort Snelling National Cemetery is named for him.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 03:38:53 +0000
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