Dolgin, Jacob (‘Bozik’)

Son of Mordechai and Frieda was born on May 13, 1927 in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the Tel Nordoi Elementary School and completed his studies at the Max Payne High School in Tel Aviv -Spring. Jacob was always diligent and talented and graduated with honors. He was very fond of manual labor and was an excellent engraver. Because of a skin disease in his hands, he was forced to abandon the profession of regrets and began to work as a driver in the transport cooperative “Stage”. He became the foreman at the Tel Aviv port on behalf of the cooperative. In 1950 Jacob married Danielle to the house of Avi-Ad, and later they had two daughters – Zivia and Iris. In 1959 Jacob left the cooperative and began managing the unified office of transportation in Nes Ziona. He was very successful in his new job, and thanks to his dedication and loyalty to work, his employers loved and admired him. Jacob was a devoted and exemplary father and showed warmth and devotion to family life. Yaakov was a member of the Haganah and specialized in sabotage. In the 1948 War of Independence, his brother, Moshe, was killed in a battle on the way to Beit-Nabala. Following this, Yaakov was released from military service and engaged in the air industry. Later, when the IDF lists were updated, he was called upon to return to serve as a truck driver in the supply force, and he took part in the Sinai Campaign and was very dedicated to his role, and his commanders recommended him as a candidate for an officers’ course. During the Six-Day War he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was called to the army every year for long periods of reserve duty and during the Yom Kippur War he was recruited for six months, and he continued to improve and nurture the company. His commanders and subordinates appreciated him and praised his work. On April 21, 1977, Jacob fell in the line of duty during an active reserve duty, was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak, and left behind a wife, two daughters, a mother and a sister. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote:” Major Ya’akov was a model man, a model commander, a friend and friend of all his comrades and subordinates,