Florian, Joseph

The only son of Dov and Eve. He was born on the 3rd of Iyar 5747 (23.4.1947) in Udia, Romania, where he studied in an elementary school in his hometown and excelled in his studies. He wanted to stay in the kibbutz, but the family demanded that he return to their bosom because it was difficult for them to carry away his distance from home. The elementary school in Acre’s Mishmar Hayam, and later entered the Naval Officers School there and was one of the best students in the Mossad. In September 1966, after completing his studies at the school in Acre, he was drafted into the IDF, where he was recruited to the IDF And was assigned to the navy. From that day he served in the “Eilat” destroyer. He was in charge of the boiler room and was proud of his responsible position. In the days of his service in the Six-Day War and afterwards, he would reassure his family in his quiet and persuasive words, but he did not want to descend from a decoy deck to which he was deeply attached. He participated in all the operations of the destroyer, and even at the time of its minting, on the 18th of Tishrei 5721 (October 21, 1967) by Egyptian missiles in front of the Romanian coast in northern Sinai. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. The commander of the navy, in a letter of condolence to the family, said that Yosef was on duty at the time of the accident and “after the missile hit the back of Eilat, he managed to get out of there. Which could be dealt with. “The family established a library in his name at the naval officers’ school in Acre.