Wein, Nathan L.

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Nathan L. Wein

Nathan L. Wein The son of the late Joseph and Grace Wein, he was born in Port Chester on April 10, 1913. He attended local schools and received a bachelor’s and law degree from Fordham University. Locally, his family lived at 447 Forest Ave. Before the war he was partners with his brother in the Law Firm Wein & Wein in Port Chester, NY.

Nathan enlisted February 21, 1941 and served in U.S. Army during World War II.

Sgt. Nathan L. Wein, United States Army, Fort Benning, Ga. married Sylvia Muffs, on August 12, 1943 in New York City. The ceremony was performed at Siegel’s Restaurant, New York City, with Rabbi Louis Wein officiating, a reception followed. The couple would have two children during their marriage.

After basic training at Fort Benning, Ga, he went overseas. He served a member of Headquarters Company of the US First Army. He participated the invasion of Normandy on “D-Day”‘ and saw action until the end of the war.

Sgt Nathan Wein was assigned to The First United States Army. It was the premier American field force in the European Theater during World War II

Major Campaigns and Achievements Normandy Invasion (June 1944): Under the 21st Army Group, First Army forces conducted the amphibious assaults on Omaha and Utah beaches. Operation Cobra (July 1944): First Army initiated the breakout from the Normandy hedgerows, creating the gap through which the Third Army (under Patton) raced across France.

Liberation of Paris & Aachen (1944): Its troops were the first Americans to enter Paris and the first to capture a major German city, Aachen, in October 1944. Battle of the Bulge (Dec 1944 – Jan 1945): First Army held the “northern shoulder” of the German breakthrough, preventing the enemy from reaching its strategic objectives.

Crossing the Rhine (March 1945): Elements of the First Army captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen intact, establishing the first Allied bridgehead across the Rhine River. Meeting the Soviets (April 1945): On April 25, 1945, First Army troops linked up with Soviet forces at the Elbe River, effectively splitting Germany in two.

Medical Corps Men Are War’s Unsung Heroes

Sgt. Wein Says Members of the Medical Corps the nation’s armed forces are “truly the unsung heroes of the war”‘ and people in Belgium are more sincere their reception of the American soldiers according to a letter from Staff Sgt. Nathan Wein, Army, received by his ther, Malcolm Wein, of Port Chester.

Sgt. Wein, a member of Headquarters Company of the First Army,, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Wein, 447 Forest. Avenue, Rye. He participated the invasion of Normandy on “D-Day”‘ and been seeing action in the Aachen area.

He wrote about the numerous churches and -their architectural beauty, writing that “when one travels on the continent for any length of time, you must inevitably become church conscious, because regardless of the size of the hamlet, village, town or city, the predominant architectural feature of the community is the church.” The small community of Tignee, with a population of 300, “even has one,” he added.
“They are all very simple wad austere inside as far as furnishings are concerned but everyone I entered, and it has been quite a few, had at least one or more great stained glass windows in addition to smaller cues.”

Port Chester
The Daily Item
1944
Oct
26
Page 14

He returned home and resumed work at his law firm. He would become Attorney for the Port Chester Housing Authority for many years, he was a 14 year partner in the law firm of Wein and Wein in Port Chester, with his brothers, the late Irving and Malcolm Wein. Nathan served temporarily as Rye Town Attorney in 1967, filling the post left vacant by the death of his brother, Irving Wein.

Nathan was the president of the Port Chester Public Library, and had also served as trustee. He was a member of Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel of Port Chester, B’nai B’rith associate life member of Hadassah.

He belonged to Post 67 of the Jewish War Veterans and also was a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, the Port Chester – Town of Rye Bar Association, and the State of New York Bar Association.

Nathan L. Wein dies; former village justice Nathan L. Wein, Port Chester village justice from 1969 to 1971, died Monday March 12, 1979 at United Hospital. A resident of 63 Shelley Ave., Port Chester, he was 65.

Rye Town Supervisor Anthony Posillipo said, “His death is a personal loss to. He had a rare combination of being an effective judge and a nice guy liked by everyone.”

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Sylvia Muffs Wein of the home address; a son, Gerald J. Wein of Rochester a daughter, Jo Lynn Wein of Hartsdale; and a sister, Mrs.
Evelyn Schwartz of Rye..