Here is the platoon roster for the War of Independence. This begins as the men of the village defending their homes, then warps into the Harel Brigade.
Commander-1st Lt Avi Peled, age 27, Company Commander, Sten (shot in shoulder during Op Nachson)
1st Squad
1- SSgt Danny Tzur, age 29, former US Army paratrooper, M-1 Garand (broken jaw during Battle for Mar Gush, shrapnel in legs from landmine during Op Nachshon)
2-Sgt Boaz Efrat, age 20, a village youngster, MP-40
3-Pvt Daniel Eisentkot, age 51, refugee from Bulgaria, Sten
4-Pvt Gal Dayan, age 19, a village youngster, (lost eye during Op Nachshon) Sten
6-Pvt Sagi Shamron, age 19, a village youngster, Mauser (shot in bicep during the Battle for Mar Gush)
9-PvtAvner Fromm, age 17, a youngster from Jerusalem, WEAPON
MG- Pvt Shai Ocholik, age 24, a welder from Jerusalem, WEAPON
10-Pvt Seth Garden, age 27, former British Army rifleman,WEAPON
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2nd Squad
2-SSgt Ephraim Gur, age 25, former member of the Palmach that returned home, (shot in right butt cheek during Battle for Mar Gush; shot in ribs during Op Nachshon) Sten
4-Sgt Eliyahu Rabat, age 31, former Sergeant of the Jewish Brigade, Sten (knocked to the ground by an Arab bullet that struck his Sten gun, destroying it, then had a Palestinian jump on his back and stab him. Luckily, Aram Mofaz shot his assailant)
5-Cpl Aram Mofaz, age 18, a village youngster, MP-40
6-Pvt Dov Cohen, age 37, a refugee from Poland, Sten (shot in abdomen during Battle for Mar Gush)
MG-Pvt Tivon Delman, age 19, a youngster from Jerusalem, WEAPON
9-Pvt Vered Dornbusch, age 29, a Hungarian refugee, WEAPON
10-Pvt Jerry Gilbert, age 34, former US Merchant Marine, WEAPON
11-Pvt Ilan Koen, age 32, a Polish refugee, WEAPON
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3rd Squad
3-Sgt Eli Yadin, age 18, a village youngster, Sten (scar on left forearm from through in through during Op Nachshon)
4-Cpl Alon Shahak, age 35, former Jewish Brigade Corporal and Palmach member returned home, MG-34
5-Pvt Bogdan Shalit, age 21, a university student returned home, Mauser (shot in shoulder during Battle for Mar Gush)
6-Pvt Avigdor Galil, age 18, village youngster, Mauser (shot in bicep during Battle of Mar Gush; bullet crease on neck from Op Nachshon)
MG-Pvt Hiram Laskov, age 50, refugee from Poland, MP-40 (shot in hip during Op Nachshon)
8-Pvt Levi Greenberg, age 34, former Canadian Army Adjutant, WEAPON
9-Pvt Moshe Tessler, age 17, a village youngster, WEAPON
10- Pvt Omar Schreiber, age 49, a Tunisian refugee, WEAPON
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Casualties
Temporary:
-Dagan Narkiss, age 17, a village youngster, Mauser (shot in right thigh during Op Nachshon) WIA -22 Apr
-Dor Peleg, age 38, former Jewish Brigade Sergeant and Palmach member returned home, (shot in left arm during Op Nachshon) Sten WIA - 23 Apr
-Davi Yaklef, age 27, refugee from the Soviet Union, Sten (bullet went through both cheeks in Battle for Mar Gush; shot in throat during Op Nachshon) WIA - 28 Apr
-Honi Ashkanazi, age 32, former British Navy Yeoman, Lee-Enfield (shot in left shoulder during Battle for Mar Gush) WIA - 30 April
-Guy Rabin, age 40, village metalsmith, Springfield 03 (shot in upper back during Op Nachshon) WIA - 16 May
Permanent:
Battle of Mar Gush
-Binyamin Lipz, age 34, a refugee from Latvia, Sten - Permanent Injury
-Abel Dori, age 47, village pharmacist, Mauser - Permanent Injury
-Isaak Naveh, age 47, village dentist, Mauser - KIA
-Ariel Gantz, age 48, refugee from France and member of Resistance, MP-40 - Permanent Injury
-Gabriel Bar-Lev, age 30, former British Motor T, Lee-Enfield - KIA
-Adriel Barak, age 24, village butcher, Mauser - KIA
Operation Nachshon
-Abel Landau, age 54, a refugee from Germany and veteran of WWI, Mauser - KIA
-Lieutenant Baruch Eitan, age 33, former Palmach, (shot in chest during Op Nachshon) MP-40 - Medical for remainder of war, can return
-Chaim Sharon, age 28, former Corporal in the British Army, MG-34 - KIA
-Hanan Elazar, age 25, former British Army clerk, Mauser - Permanent Injury
-Yuval Matt, age 17, refugee from Norway, (shot in chest during Op Nachshon) Mauser - Medical for remainder of war, can return
-Aaron Ayalon, age 24, former British Army Paratrooper, (shot in both legs during Op Nachshon) Sten - Medical for remainder of war, can return
-Abel Shitrit, age 19, a village youngster, (shell splinters in face during Battle for Mar Gush; shot in the head during Op Nachshon) Sten - Medical for remainder of war, can return
-Eran Levy, age 25, a refugee from Poland, Mauser - Permanent Injury
-Asaf Horowitz, age 19, a village youngster, Mauser - KIA
-Aaron Chaplin, age 44, a refugee from Belgium, Sten - Permanent Injury
-Elijah Davidoff, age 49, a refugee from Czechoslovakia, MP-40 - Medical for remainder of war, can return
Operation Harel
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Any plans to add in any Mahal?
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ReplyDeleteYep. Right now there is only one, the head of 2nd Platoon (Lt Danny Tzur, a former US Army paratrooper), who is an American of Jewish descent and decided to come and fight. More will be worked in as the company takes casualties.
V/R,
Jack
Excellent. The struggle to bring Israel into existence is a very complicated but very interesting affair.
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