Givon, Dan (“Danny”)

Son of Uri and Miriam. He was born on April 26, 1946, at Sha’ar Ha’amakim, where he completed high school studies in the 12th grade of the educational institution. “Hashomer Hatzair” in Tel Aviv, he was very versatile in his ability to express himself – with rhyme, rhythm and movement – and everything he did was amazingly lighthearted, and he also tended to write poems and songs, and even wrote a musical, learned dance, but also liked to explore social, psychological and philosophical questions When he completed his training year, and was asked where he would go to the army, he answered: “The good ones for flying,” because Betis saw a challenge: When he was drafted into the IDF in August 1965, he volunteered for the Israel Air Force Yes. When the Six-Day War broke out, he was still in compulsory service; And when he fought to liberate Jerusalem and its surroundings he served as a combat pilot. On the second day of the battles, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), in the battle over the monastery of Elias in the Ramat Rachel area, he fell with his plane. His friends and commanders had marked him as a young man who fought with enthusiasm and recognition. He had excellent leadership skills. His cheerfulness and sense of humor contributed greatly to raising the spirits of his fellow fighters at crucial moments. In recognition of his service he was promoted to lieutenant after they fell. He was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and was later transferred to eternal rest in the Sha’ar Ha’amakim cemetery. A monument in his name was erected by the city of Jerusalem opposite the monastery of Mr. Elias, the place where his plane crashed; The “Geulim Aleph” school in Jerusalem adopted the monument, took care of it and on Memorial Day held a memorial service there. Several pages were devoted to his memory in a booklet published by Sha’ar Ha’amakim in memory of his sons. Sha’ar Ha’amakim published a special booklet in his memory in a booklet. Also in the booklet 53 “of them” in memory of the fallen Kibbutz Artzi who fell in the Six Day War and published Kibbutz Artzi dedicated page on it. In the Yalkut of the sons who fell in Israel’s wars – “Goily Ash”, Volume 4 – was brought from his estate.