Sahar (Krusher), Amnon

Amnon, son of Sarah and Eliahu, was born on July 14, 1948, in Petach Tikva, where his family lived in Moshav Gat-Ramon, where he spent his childhood and adolescence, and attended the PIKA elementary school in Petach-Tikva. After that he studied for a year at the Naval Officers School in Acre and another year at the Ahad Ha’am High School in Petach Tikva. His main hobby during this period was a table tennis game which reached a rather handsome level. From his father, who was a regular army man, Amnon learned to recognize the importance of military service and to prepare himself for an efficient service that could contribute to the IDF as much as possible. He spent the two years preceding his enlistment as a trainee in a military school, and in the evenings studied electronics at the Technikon School in Tel-Aviv, Amnon was drafted into the IDF in May 1966 and volunteered for the Intelligence Corps. After basic training, and after successfully completing various professional courses, he was sent on the recommendation of his commanders for the officers’ course. He graduated successfully there and was sent to an intelligence officers course. Amnon joined the permanent army on the date of his release from regular army service. He was appointed decoding officer at the Southern Command and his direct commander at the time defined his work as: “An exceptional decoder, with extensive experience and analytical ability, a talented officer who aspires to progress and performs his duties effectively.” And progress has indeed come. Thanks to his excellence as a decoder, he was transferred to a base of the Intelligence Corps as a deciphering instructor and set up a generation of apprentices who taught them the theory of deciphering. Amnon continued and completed a parachuting course, an advanced intelligence officers course and a course for company commanders in the Armored Corps and was appointed as an intelligence officer in the armored brigade. Thanks to his excellence in fulfilling his duties, he was recommended twice by his commanders to advance his promotion. He participated in the Six-Day War and since doing most of his service in the front lines, he was awarded the “Operational Service Award”. During the Yom Kippur War, Amnon took part in the fierce bravery and break-in that took place at the Sinai front. He crossed the Suez Canal with his men on October 24, 1973. He fell in battle in the city of Suez. He felt his half-track in the half-tracks of his intelligence to rescue wounded soldiers and an anti-tank missile hit a direct hit vehicle, first Amnon was declared missing and later was buried in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Shaul left behind a wife, two children and parents, and was promoted to the rank of major.In his letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the defense minister wrote: “Amnon was a courageous officer with professional knowledge and dedication to his position. He volunteered to rescue wounded people under fire in the city of Suez. “The family and the Moshav of Gat-Ramon planted a memorial wall in memory of Amnon Gan Amnon,