Long-missing WWII medal awarded in LA

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • This undated image provided by Hyla Merin shows 2nd Lt. Hyman Markel with wife Celia Markel. Markel was a rabbi’s son, brilliant at mathematics and the brave recipient of a Purple Heart. Markel was killed on May 3, 1945, in Italy’s Po Valley.

LOS ANGELES—Hyla Merin grew up without a father and for a long time never knew why.

Her mother never spoke about the Army officer who died before Hyla was born. The scraps of information she gathered from other relatives were hazy: 2nd Lt. Hyman Markel was a rabbi&r...

Published: 02/18/2013