The story of Isadore Greenbaum, the man who rushed the stage at the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden
"26-year-old Isadore Greenbaum [was] a Jewish plumber’s helper, hotel worker, cab driver and waiter from Brooklyn who attended the supposed 'pro-American' event out curiosity, but found himself unable to just sit and listen to venomous bigotry being passed off as patriotism."
He was convicted of disorderly conduct, but arresting officers helped pay his fine.
When the US entered WWII, he joined the U.S. Army Transport, became a chief petty officer, "made 15 round trips across the Atlantic and was once torpedoed."
In later years, he lived in California, often went fishing, and "set an American flag down every day, sometimes cooking the day’s catch there and then distributing it to the homeless."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-this-hero-isadore-greenbaum-risked-life-at-msgs-other-america-first-rally/
Greenbaum rushes the stage at about 3:52 in this video:
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