Ben-Shalom, Joshua

Yehoshua (Shuki) was born on April 23, 1948, to his parents Emanuel (Menk) and Esther (Esterke) in Kibbutz Dan. He was educated in the kibbutz elementary school and educational institution. During the Six-Day War, the kibbutz was shelled, and he, like the other members of his twelfth grade class, took part in repelling the Syrian attack on the Dan region … “Yesterday was June 6, 1969 – two years from the day I became a real soldier who ordered other soldiers. This is an attack on Dan. Yesterday I sat and reconstructed the entire period in Dan, and it’s really hard to believe how we could have repelled this attack … In my life I begin to appreciate what we did then. It does not matter if we had a choice or not. The fact that we did, that’s enough. Whole nights of mine leaving and the next day getting up to work and working 12 hours loading hay, and then going to practice dismantling and assembling machine guns. Literally Palmach! … We will probably tell the stories to our grandchildren, so that they can pass it on to future generations, and perhaps in some unfolding affair they will publish the story. ” Yehoshua was drafted into the IDF in early November 1967 and volunteered for the paratroopers’ paratroopers … During the War of Attrition, he served as an officer in the Paratroopers Brigade and participated in the ” “He said. On the way there was a fire from Daphne. Shuki deviated with some of his men westwards. Another part was still delayed in the previous traffic artery. At the same time he spotted three armed Egyptians in a nearby crater. Shuki ordered his men, who had not yet made contact with their commander, to attack the Egyptians. After a short battle, the three were defeated. Shuki continued with his men. When he began the assault, he noticed an Egyptian Bezukai shooting at Motti’s force. Shuki turned to the Egyptian Bezukai, who took Kalashnikov and shot the Israeli officer. When he arrived near Egypt, Shuki discovered that his weapon cartridges were empty, threw a grenade at his enemy and leaned over to replace the cartridges. The Egyptian took advantage of the stay and jumped to the back slope with the intention of escaping, fueling markets behind him and hitting him. At 10:15, Shuki reported that Varda was “in our hands …” In October 1970, after his discharge from the regular service, he married and built his home on Kibbutz Dan, where he worked in a metal workshop and also worked in iron sculpture. He was very active in the organization of the young brigade in the kibbutz On October 24, 1973, in the northern sector, southwest of Ismailia, in the Foxtrot area he fell in battle when he commanded a platoon in a reconnaissance company, He was killed on the spot. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Kibbutz Dan. He left behind a wife, father, mother, brother, and two sisters. His kibbutz published a booklet in his memory containing the words of his friends and a collection of his letters.