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Azulay, Raymond (Remo)

Azulay, Raymond (Remo)


Son of Avraham and Fanny. He was born on October 28, 1953 in Be’er Sheva. Studied at Masada Elementary School, continued and completed his studies at the Gimel High School in the framework of frameworks. Remo was a member of the Margaliyot Club in Be’er Sheva, where he dealt mainly in the soccer field and achieved significant achievements. He is a member of the football team of the Gur Aryeh club. His family called Raymond a nickname, Remo, but other epithets such as ‘twenty’, ‘mosquito’, ‘pashush’ and ‘missus’ were adhered to him because he was a slender, quick boy. But there was a rich soul in the small body. With his easy temper and charming smile, Remo knew how to capture the hearts of many friends and the admiration of the girls around him. He was a man of friends and a unique conversationalist, and his friends clung to him with a loving friendship. What Remo gave to his family and many friends – he gave generously and naturally, quietly and pleasantly, without emphasizing his contribution or asking for any reward. “The most Yaffa feature I have discovered in Ramo was simplicity,” he says, “he was simply in his manner, in his speech and in his thought, he was never clever or” philosophized. “His most conspicuous and obvious feature was the joy and joy of life. He was very angry and irritable, and if I encountered or encountered any difficulty with him, Remo was quick to help, calm and explain, and for many difficult moments I was able to pass easily with his practical and mental help. To give up a travel card he received, or anything else, in order to give it to those who needed it at that moment You did it out of love and a sincere desire to help. ” Remo was drafted into the IDF in February 1972. His qualities were to be fully revealed, when he began to wear the IDF uniform proudly and happily. He surprised his friends when he returned from his first vacation and declared, by the way, that he was the ‘loser’, volunteered for the Haruv reconnaissance unit. When they warned him against the exhausting training, which would now be his share, he shook his head with a smile and a dismissive gesture. And indeed, he showed passive training and ingenuity, which amazed his novice friends, the strong-bodied and the rich. There was no exercise or task he did not perform carefully, yet he also found the strength of mind and body to help backward members. And so-the skinny boy, whose childlike features were still in the air, was embarrassed by shyness, had miraculously turned into a trained and courageous Peter. His commanders and comrades in arms soon learned that this “child” could be trusted at any time. At the end of basic training, Remo underwent various courses: paratroopers, Marbel operators, squadrons, and intelligence officers. Following them he was promoted to sergeant. His greatest test in the army was during the Yom Kippur War. The friends, who were close to him in the valley of death of that war, can tell a great deal about the exploits of his heroism. One of them testifies: “With a backpack loaded with grenade, we saw him quiet and confident in the terrible storm of the city of Suez – slipping away with a timid, timeless smile, the death monument at that ghostly island … In the crossfire trap he sent the RNs with exemplary precision and supreme heroism … We, his good friends, whom we saw in high-ranking soldiers, gave him a commendation. ” Another member tells how an Egyptian soldier threatened his bazooka to kill Remo’s team and his friends from a range of a few meters. At the very last minute, Remo, who was his personal weapon, saved his life and saved everyone’s life, and when Remo returned to his home at the end of the war, he saw signs of the horrors and horrors he witnessed, He finally recovered and the good spirit of humor and protectionMorale returned to him. After completing his regular service, Remo accepted his commanders’ pleas and volunteered to serve for another year in the permanent army. Now he was a sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, and this role, as usual, was thoroughly and cheerfully performed. As one of his friends attests, Remo was now “full of youthful charm, good-natured, sensitive and good, and gave his friends a lesson in a Simcha and merry life.” On the 7th of Shvat 5736 (9.1.1976) Remo fell in the line of duty in the Sinai and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Be’er Sheva, leaving behind his parents, two brothers and a sister. Raymond was an excellent soldier, a loyal friend, dedicated and acceptable to all soldiers and commanders in the unit. “When I first saw Remo – thin and skinny – I found it hard to believe that he would finish all the difficult training stages in the paratroopers’ unit. It was hard to talk of Remo as a warrior. But he overcame difficulties and became one of the pillars of the unit. The test proved to be very modest. He fulfilled his duty and above it with endless devotion. His family donated a Torah scroll in memory of the synagogue in his neighborhood, and the family purchased a uniform for the soccer team named after him, and his friends contributed to planting trees in his name in the forests of the Jewish National Fund.

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