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Edouard Victor Michel Izac (Cresco, Iowa, December 18, 1891 – January 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I, a Representative from California and a Medal of Honor recipient. ==Biography== He was born with the last name of Isaacs, the youngest of nine children, in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, to Balthazar (born in Alsace-Lorraine) and Mathilda Geuth (born in Philadelphia, with the family heritage from Baden-Württemberg). An immigration officer had changed the family name from Izac to Isaacs when Balthazar entered the United States in the 1850s.〔Mikaelian, Allen, with Mike Wallace, (2002). - ''Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present''. - New York: Hyperion. - p. 47. - ISBN 978-0-7868-6662-5.〕 Izac attended the School of the Assumption, Cresco, Iowa, the high school at South St. Paul, Minnesota, and Werntz Preparatory School, Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1915. The day following his graduation from the academy he married Agnes Cabell (died 1975), daughter of General De Rosey Carroll Cabell.〔Mikaelian, p.49.〕 He first served on the battleship , then after he was promoted from ensign to lieutenant (junior grade), he signed up for the Naval Transport Service. During this time, his daughter Cabell was born in 1916. He transferred to the troop transport in July 1917. From her maiden voyage in the U.S. Navy, October 18, 1917, she made five successful trips to Europe and back.〔Mikaelian, p. 50.〕 On May 31, 1918, ''President Lincoln'' sank after being struck by three torpedoes from the German submarine ''U–90''. Izac was taken aboard the ''U–90'' as a prisoner of war. Learning valuable information about enemy submarine movements on the trip to Germany, he tried to escape several times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lieutenant Commander Edouard V.M. Isaacs, USN (Retired), 1891-1990 )〕 On one attempt, he was injured after jumping through the window of a moving train. He finally succeeded in escaping, with several others, from a German prison camp on the night of October 6-7.〔 He and Sub-Lieutenant Willis reached neutral Switzerland on October 13. Upon reaching London, he passed on his information to Admiral Sims; by that time, however, the war was nearly over, and Sims showed little interest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edouard Victor Izac )〕 Nevertheless, for his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.〔 He was forced to retire in 1921 on account of wounds received while a prisoner of war in Germany. His awards included the Croce di Guerra al Merito of Italy and the Cross of Montenegro. Izac then relocated to San Diego, California, and engaged in newspaper work and writing from 1922 to 1928. In January 1936, he was promoted to lieutenant commander on the retired list.〔 He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress, and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1940 and 1944. Izac was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947). He lost his reelection bid to the Eightieth Congress in 1946. Interested in lumbering, Izac raised thoroughbred cattle on a farm in Gordonsville, Virginia, before residing in Bethesda, Maryland. Izac was a resident of Fairfax, Virginia, from 1988 until his death in 1990. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War I. Edouard Izac was survived by five children, 19 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edouard Izac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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