Edouard victor michel izac biography

Edouard Victor Michel Izac (December 18, 1891 – January 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.!

Edouard Izac

American politician and US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1891–1990)

Edouard Victor Michel Izac (December 18, 1891 – January 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.

Edouard Victor Michel Isaacs was born in Cresco, Iowa, on 18 December 1891.

Edouard was the youngest of nine children and the only one to use the Izac spelling.

Edouard Victor Michel Izac (December 18, 1891 – January 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.

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Edouard Victor Michel Izac was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.

From 1937 to 1947, he served five terms as a Representative from California.

Born in Cresco, Iowa, Izac grew up in a rural setting, graduating from United States Naval Academy in 1915. He was posted to the troop transportUSS President Lincoln in 1918 when that ship was sunk by German submarine U-90.

Taken as a prisoner of war, and not letting his captors know that he spoke German, Izac gathered intelligence on the submarine and its crew before being transferred to prison camps in Germany, from where he escaped in October 1918.

Izac subsequently moved to San Diego and was elected as a Democrat to California's 20th congressional district, where he chaired the House Naval Affairs Committee and had oversight of Naval activities in