Vadim Medish

Vadim Medish (1924–2011) was a Russian-American war survivor, National Scholar, and author who documented his harrowing experiences as a 17-year-old prisoner of war in the Battle of Stalingrad and his subsequent life as an immigrant in the United States. He immigrated to America in 1949, served in the Korean War, and later presided in Washington, D.C., where his son published portions of his war story in the Washington Post.