WORLD MACHAL - Volunteers from overseas in the Israel Defense Forces

COLONEL MARCUS

Source: Ben Gurion archives COLONEL DAVID DANIEL “MICKEY” MARCUS   MAY  25th 2023      On May 10, 1951 Israel’s  Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

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Isaac Cohen

Nous avons reçu, avec nos remerciements reconnaissants, un certain nombre de photographies et de documents le 4 août 2022 concernant le service machal

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Armored Corps

The armored car crew in the 79th Armored Battalion Top to bottom: Jack Gold, Frank Perlman, Solly Ossin Photo: Frank Perlman’s family The

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The Golani Brigade

As the Golani Brigade headquarters were far from the main recruiting centre in Tel Aviv, very few Machal volunteers served there.  Americans Sam

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Medical Corps

  The first known overseas volunteer surgeon was Doctor Leo A. Bornstein of  Jersey City, N.J., an experienced US Army battlefield surgeon.  He

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Galilee Skirmish

Report by Joe Woolf of Israel On September 7th, 1948, the two platoon strong “B” company of the 72nd Infantry Battalion, each led

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