Fox, Arie (“Arik”)

Son of Moshe and Esther. He was born on May 9, 1947 in Kiryat Haim. He attended the Revivim Elementary School and was among the best students. He was loved by teachers and friends alike for his diligence and devotion. He continued his studies at the secondary school of the Technion in Haifa, where he worked as a counselor in the United Movement and divided his time among the students, training and hiking. He loved his home, admired his parents, and used to tell his friends that his home was his refuge: he loved his mother and respected her, respected his father’s advice on every important matter and kept his little sister as the apple of his eye. Three months later, he passed the pilots’ flying examinations with honors, but after four months Total Armored Force moved. He was devoted to the tank and admired the “tool” – but not as a destroyer but as a machine. In the Armored Corps, he was in charge of soldiers and was a tank commander. He loved the army but hated the war. In the days of alert before the Six-Day War he left the base and went south. From time to time he would send home short letters asking him not to be taken care of. In the war itself he would stand in the turret of the tank and command it when exposed to enemy fire. When the correspondence with him suddenly stopped, the parents began searching for him in all the hospitals. Many postcards began to arrive from the line of fire, which he signed only as a proof that he had survived the dangers of the war and was still alive. During the battles, the tanks under his command and the crews were hit twice, but Erik was miraculously saved. Once an enemy bullet pierced his helmet but he was lucky again. After the war, he worked as a mechanical engineer in the Carmel Haskoli plant and did his work with devotion and devotion. After his marriage, he continued to study at the Technion in Haifa, in the foreign studies department of the mechanical engineering degree, and spent whole evenings at the drafting table preparing the final project. On the 22nd of Tammuz 5731 (22.7.1971), the day before completing reserve service, he fell while carrying out his duties. On the day of the fall, it was reported that in the final project on the subject: “Handwash design for wave alignment” he was given the highest score: 95. He left a wife, parents, brother and sister. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. His commander wrote about him: “His career in reserve duty was the continuation of his regular service in the Armored Corps, and was always admired by his commanders, soldiers and friends.” Three months after his fall he was dedicated to his memory and named after him in a factory where he worked