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Israel Goldstein

Newspaper portrait of Cpl. Isadore Goldstein in a garrison cap and uniform, World War II
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Israel Goldstein

Corporal Isadore "Israel" Goldstein (1914–1945) of 2578 Baird Boulevard, Camden, served with Company D, 759th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army. He was killed in action on April 5, 1945 at Nassau, Germany while saving 21 other soldiers, and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

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Wide view of Baird Boulevard at Federal Street with a traffic signal, bare trees and houses in winter.
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Baird Boulevard

Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.

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