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Aldes, Yigal

Aldes, Yigal


Son of Gustav and Sarah. Born in Haifa on April 17, 1945, he completed his studies at the “Urim” elementary school in Kiryat Eliezer and then completed his studies at the “Daughter of Galim” vocational school and was ordained as a mechanical shutter. He loved sports (swimming and volleyball), and before his regular service he worked for the Israel Shipyards, where he was concerned about the health of his sick parents and all his salary he brought home, all he wished was to feel good. The orderly belonged to the Ordnance Corps; When he was released from his regular service he was transferred to the Golani Brigade and became a combat soldier. When he received the call-up order during the days of alert for the Six-Day War, he was lying at home and his finger broke; He was released for a month and a half from his work, but he accepted the order, got up, packed his things, and was about to leave. His mother said to him: “But you are in your position. You can not even walk!” “My mother, although my leg is wounded, but I am healthy enough to take up arms,” ​​he replied. According to the condolence letter of the commander of his regiment to the bereaved family, “he bravely fought in the first line of fire in the sector of Deirdre and Tel Halal, and was one of the snakes who reached the Golan Heights during the brutal battle, because our people were destined for the first raid of the Syrian outposts. The battle took place on the fifth day of the battles, on the 5th of Sivan 5767 (June 9, 1967), when he was buried in the military cemetery in Afula and was later transferred to the military cemetery in Haifa. Home every day and in his last letter, on the Friday morning, about two or three hours Face fell, he wrote: “This is really nothing to do. I am in a more security situation than you are there. I hope to return home soon. The war is over. “His memory was published in the booklet” Nachshoni HaGolan “published by his battalion.

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