Gutman, Joseph

Son of Yulia and Shmuel (Salo) was born on October 16, 1924, in the city of Boiten, Germany. He immigrated to Israel on February 20, 1939, and was accepted to the vocational school of the Technion in Haifa. A month after the United Nations General Assembly resolution on partition, he joined the War of Independence and was a veteran of his regiment in the Carmeli Brigade, and on January 20, 1948, he left the Krayot area with training in Kibbutz Mishmar Hayam. And was appointed to the position of deputy commander of the class on March 3, 1948. the platoon was sent to Yehiam, and two and a half months after the siege of Yehiam took part in all the operations of the battalion, the occupation of the Rosh Hanikra police, the patrols in northern Lebanon, Al-Fahm, and in the vicinity of Jenin (in early June), where he served in the Jenin area, where he was injured and proved his command ability. Since then he served as a squad commander and participated in Birva’s second occupation, and he was a good soldier in the battalion, as was the case. A good son at home On July 19, 1948, he participated in the battle for Tarshiha, and after a battle that lasted from morning to afternoon, he was ordered to retreat, and in his retreat he felt that his classmate had been wounded, when he bent over to help his friend he got a bullet In his chest he fell on the spot and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Nahariya.