Talk:Tony Stein

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Was he Jewish? Stein is typically a Jewish name. The reason I ask is that discrimination at the time was pervasive, and that only two Jews were known to have received the Medal of Honor during the war. This discriminiation continued through Korea, but seems to have tapered off afterward.68.111.71.197 (talk) 23:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

• Do you have and sources that state he was? A surname alone, is not nearly enough. The Scythian 23:11, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

FWIW, Find-a-grave hosts a photo of his tombstone. He is buried under a cross rather than a Star of David. It's still possible that his family was of Jewish origin, it appears that he himself was nominally Christian. Rezin (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

The surname Stein is simply Germanic, not Jewish (only a few surnames are actually truly Jewish surnames and usually have religious connotations, such as Cohen, Hazan, Levi, etc.). and the family immigrated from Austria-Hungary (Yugoslavia did not exist in 1909 when his parents arrived). They were Catholic. He's buried in a Catholic cemetery in Dayton, his parents are in a Catholic cemetery, and funeral services were held at a church- which was actually already in the article! Removing references to him being Jewish. --Skillfulglean (talk) 14:04, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Stein's customized machine gun

A toolmaker prior to the war, Stein customized a .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine gun from a wrecked Navy fighter plane into a highly effective personal machine gun he nicknamed the "Stinger" vs. http://www.guns.com/2012/08/15/stinger-light-machinegun/ - according to the latter, the "Stinger" is a modification by two USMC armourers and there were 6 of them. 94.79.138.178 (talk) 11:17, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

This article states that the "Stinger" Stein used was a .50 Cal. From what I have read, during the mid to latter part of WW2, in order to lighten aircraft loads, a new weapon in .30-06 Cal based upon the .50 Cal was manufactured specifically for smaller aircraft. The gun was a much lighter version of the .50 Cal and instead of firing 400 RPM the new "Stinger, .30 Cal" could fire 1,350 RPM. The new gun weighed in at about 25 pounds not loaded with it's cloth fed belt ammunition and after some conversion could be carried into battle by one man as well as a loader to assist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.143.84.15 (talk) 14:34, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

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