A Wargaming blog chronicling the campaigns of the Israeli Defense force from 1948's War of Independence through the Border Wars, the 1956 Suez Crisis, the War of Attrition, the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982 War in Lebanon, through the various incursions one way or the other in the present day. This will be done at skirmish scale in 15mm.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

War of Independence Roster

All,

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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3 comments:

  1. Any plans to add in any Mahal?

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  2. Pat,

    Yep. 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

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    1. Excellent. The struggle to bring Israel into existence is a very complicated but very interesting affair.

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