Armor, Michael

Michael, son of Bracha and Zalman, was born on August 28, 1954, in Tel Aviv. He studied at the Bar Giora Elementary School and continued his studies at the Urban High School in the Lavorant track and completed his studies at the College High School. Michael was alert and active, very independent in his thinking and mature in his actions, full of initiative and energy. He was a devoted son to his parents, identical to his three older sisters. From his youth he was very interested in technical subjects, and the profession of measurement was the profession he preferred over others and dedicated his holidays to him. He went to work in a school district with groups of surveyors and when he was a high school student he was appointed as a group of surveyors. He had a lot of hobbies and he was busy with them all. He was a regular participant in the marches, the Tabor tour and other sporting events. He liked to play basketball, and because of his high stature, his great strength also made great achievements in this field. He was a music lover, drummed drums with great talent and for a time was a member of the Tel Aviv Municipality Youth Orchestra. But most of all he liked to care for animals, especially dogs. From childhood he raised and cultivated dogs that loved him and he loved them and understood them. During his time in the school he was a member of the Air Force and was a pilot, he built many models of aviation and was very knowledgeable about aviation, but when he tried to be accepted into the air force, he was disqualified because of a flaw in his vision. In mid-February 1973 he volunteered for the Armored Corps. After basic training and after completing his tank training course, he was stationed in one of the battalions stationed in the area of ​​the Suez Canal. He loved the army’s life, its difficulty and challenge, and hoped to advance on the technical and command tracks. In his unit he was a good soldier, devoted to his job, loyal to his commanders and a model friend of the other soldiers, and therefore everyone loved him. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Michael’s unit was still engaged in training in the Sinai, near the “liquid” stronghold. On October 6, 1973, his company was sent to fight back enemy forces that had crossed the Suez Canal, and in a fierce battle that Michael fought with courage, his tank was hit by an anti-tank missile and he was killed. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Survived by parents and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of his unit wrote: “The crew of the tank where Michael fought, destroyed many of the enemy’s armored vehicles and performed the mission heroically, displaying courage and recognition of the mission he had filled until his tank was hit.”