Hamdani (Jhampana), Shmuel (Hosheng)

Son of Daniel and Golit. He was born on September 15, 1949 in Teheran, Israel. He studied at the Jewish elementary school in Tehran. In 1962 his family immigrated to Israel. When he arrived in Israel, he began studying at the Mosnison High School in Magdiel and specialized in mechanics. He also reached out to art and painting. Shmuel was conscripted into the IDF in August 1967. He was a devoted and loyal soldier during his service and was loved by his subordinates and commanders on the 19th of Adar I 5702 (February 19, 1970), was killed by an enemy bombardment near the Suez Canal. In a condolence letter, his commander wrote: “He was a very quiet and modest guy, really a ‘golden guy’, and even more so – a model soldier. He was a professional-a mechanic in a technical squad-and a tank without the technical squad, like a tank without a chain or cannon. Hoshang’s squad was very well integrated into the company. Her activities and work were successful and much thanks to Hosheng. He was always willing to accept the tasks assigned to him and had a personal interest in being best disposed of. More than that: he would undertake to perform works that were not from his own territory and we would know that if he did the thing, he would do it properly. Only a few days before the incident, we lacked a driver in one of the tanks, and Huang volunteered and willingly took his place. I remember how he always kept the tanks. He spent his last days on the canal line. There was an arrangement that would be replaced by one of the members of the technical team to ensure the fitness of the vessels, and I would not be wrong to say that, more than any of the members of the squad who changed here, I was very pleased with Yushang. Most of his time was spent near the tanks, so much so that from time to time he had to be returned to the bunker by order because he risked a long stay in the tank area. Even in his last moments, he did his duty to the end – when he took guard duty duty, with a strapped belt and arms and a steel hat on his head – and yet, none of this prevented the disaster. “