Nahum, Amos
Amos, son of Chana Waldo, was born on April 21, 1953 in Haifa, where he studied at the Geulim Elementary School in Ashdod and at the military boarding school of the Herzliya High School in Tel Aviv. With a sense of knowledge and technical knowledge, which he nurtured as a hobby, he read and listened to music, but most of all he loved to work in machinery, cars and mechanics. He was smiling and cheerful, he did not know anger and irritation, he pursues justice and loves people. During difficult times and in situations of stress he was able to maintain peace of mind and greatly helped his friends with his self-confidence, his good spirit and his joy of life. When he was a student at the Herzliya Gymnasium and at the military boarding school, Amos planned his career in the IDF and chose the Armored Corps, and he admired this corps from an early age because of his technical knowledge and interest in machinery, When they were about to enlist in the IDF. That’s why he stuck to the nickname ‘sworn sergeant’. At the military boarding school and high school he excelled in his studies, and for all his work he received good grades. Together with his friends, he took a parachuting course while he was in a boarding school at the end of the seventh class. Amos was very attached to his family. In his parents’ home he learned to appreciate and uphold values such as love of the homeland and loyalty to the people. Every holiday he hurried home to be with the family. Amos was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early November 1971. After completing basic training, he underwent a series of courses, including a tank commanders ‘course, which he received from officers of the Officers’ Course and Armored Corps Officers Course. In the Yom Kippur War, Amos fought in the Golan Heights, and as commander of the tank division, he passed all the difficult battles against the Syrians in the area between Tel Hermonit and Kuneitra. His platoon was part of the same form, which was said to have saved the country Israel After the battle of containment, Amos continued to command his platoon to break into Syrian territory and was wounded in his unit’s attack on Mazra’at Beit Jan and died of his wounds on 17 October 1973. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery In Ashdod, left behind his parents, brother and sister, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, in which his commander wrote that Amos was an honest, devoted, accomplished, responsible and popular officer.
