Jacobs, Jack (Jewish medal of honor recipient in Vietnam)
Jack Jacobs
Jacobs was an advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion when it came under a devastating fire that disabled the commander. Although bleeding from severe head wounds, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command, withdrew the unit to safety, and returned again and again under intense fire to rescue the wounded and perform life-saving first aid. He saved the lives of a U.S. advisor and 13 allied soldiers. Jacobs served on the faculty of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the National War College in Washington, D.C. After retirement, he founded and was chief operating officer of Auto Finance Group. As a managing director of Bankers Trust Co., he led Global Investment Management to $2.2 billion in assets and later co-founded a similar business for Lehman Brothers.
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Ran into this officer when he was an Infantry OCS Company Commander at Ft. Benning in 1969. Very full of himself; seemed to take his MOH as a license to involve himself in matters that were really outside the purview of his assignment.