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Zussman Park
A small city park across from Hamtramck's City Hall, named for hometown Medal of Honor recipient Raymond Zussman.
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Raymond Zussman grew up in Hamtramck, the dense Polish-American enclave surrounded by Detroit, and went on to serve as an Army officer in World War Two. In September 1944, leading a tank platoon in France, Zussman pressed an attack that helped capture dozens of German soldiers and destroy enemy positions under heavy fire, actions for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest award for battlefield valor, after being killed later that same month. His hometown honored him by naming this small park, which sits directly across from Hamtramck City Hall between Yemans and Evaline streets, after him. It remains a simple neighborhood green space today, a quiet, easy-to-miss tribute to one of Hamtramck's own who didn't come home from the war.
- Named for Raymond Zussman, a Hamtramck native and World War Two Army officer
- Zussman received the Medal of Honor posthumously for actions in France in September 1944
- Sits directly across from Hamtramck City Hall
- Still an active neighborhood park today
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- Raymond Zussman 1917–1944 · soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
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Park in front of Hamtramck City Hall named for Zussman.
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