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NAVY SIGNALS I.D.F. NO: 74047 Towards the end of April 1948, two friends and I decided we couldn’t sit around any more and
All was set for us to leave South Africa on April 19th, 1948. I remember asking the Federation what we should do when
PALMACH – YIFTACH I returned to South Africa towards the end of January 1946 after having served in the Tank Corps in World
By Samuel (Shlomo) Pivnik I was born in Poland in 1928 into an Orthodox family. My parents, Leib and Feigel Pivnik, had four
Dov Sugarman, the son of Rosa and Avraham, was born on February 17th, 1923, in London, U.K. From his youth he had wanted
Stanley Andrews (Anekstein), the son of Rivka and Yosef, was born on April 13th, 1923 in the Bronx in New York. When he
Dr. Isaiah Morris, the son of Nathan – also a doctor – and Chaya, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 19th 1917. He
French Machal Oath of allegiance to the Israel Defense Forces: October 1st, 1948 (aged 19). Army number: 59291. Army unit: Military Police. My
(née DIAMOND)I.D.F. NO: 68458 I was born in Chmielnik in Poland on 25th September, 1927; my father left Poland for Belgium in 1928.
Maurice Wiseberg was one of many Manchester Jews who served in the Israel Air Force. As a youngster, Maurice had been an ardent
I arrived in Israel the second day after the State of Israel was declared, in early 1948. I was recruited by a group
Jack (Yaakov) Harvey Medalie War of Independence, 1948-1949. Early in 1948 while working in Randfontein, South Africa (in partnership with Drs. Bloomberg and
COMMANDER OF SDE DOV AIRBASE (TEL AVIV),AND PILOT IN 101 SQUADRON Boris Senior, the son of a most ardent South African Zionist family,
A Soldier’s Story By Ralph Lowenstein I sat there truly frightened, in the back of an American-made halftrack climbing noisily through the hills
Ziporah Porat’s book can be ordered from Amazon at this link From Jerusalem Post article – click here for full story By JOE CHARLAFF Published: JUNE
BENNO KATZ (Excerpts from a letter)Excerpts from a letter written by British volunteer Benno Katz to his friend, Herbert Najman, ex-72nd battalion, now
In 1948 when I volunteered for Israel’s War of Liberation, my name was Polgar Tiber. In those days I lived in Paris, so
Personal Memoir Of Sgt. Jack Franses London U.K. 72 Battalion 7th Brigade Operation Army No.64509 Safed On 28th October 1948, at 15:00 hours,
Danny Rosin Officer Commanding 103 Squadron Israeli Air Force Danny’s military flying history started with the South African Air Force. He first experienced
L-R: Harvey Cohen, Elimelech, Ira Feinberg, and Ed Lugechat Eden Camp in Rosh Pina The son of Pessy and David, Avraham Abba (Harvey)
It was written in the stars that Mary Gordon, making a priestly vocation of the practice of medicine, would become the doctor in
(translated from the Yizkor site) Natenel Cashman, the son of Chaike (Kate) and Moshe-Yosef (Morris) Cashman, was born in London on 6th February
