And Vespy, Arnon

Son of-Sarah and Yoav, was born on August 3, 1964, when he was a member of a family that was involved in the life of the country and was close to security and settlement issues. . Arnon absorbed his love for the IDF and the State of Israel, where he studied at the elementary school in his village, and continued to study at the Kfar Blum High School and completed his high school studies in electronics. As the son of a father who fell in the war, he could be discharged from combat service, but with the consent of his mother he signed up to serve in the paratroopers. After undergoing basic training as a novice, Arnon was sent to the front in Lebanon. His unit operated in the Shuf Mountains, with the aim of ending the battles that broke out there between the Druze and the Christians. Arnon’s unit moved in a line of armored personnel carriers, advancing to the battle zone, and Arnon stood in the command post of one of the armored personnel carriers when the unit encountered a stone barrier. The driver of the armored personnel carrier, where Arnon was traveling, tried to bypass the checkpoint and turned over, and Arnon managed to give a “ready-to-roll” command, thus saving the lives of his soldiers On May 8, 1983, Arnon was killed and seven He was buried at the military cemetery in Rosh Pina, where he left his mother, sister, and brother after being killed. The commander of his unit wrote about him in a letter of condolence to his mother: “I knew him from the day I arrived in the unit … Arnon displayed a sense of responsibility, personal integrity and diligence in training,