Shaya, David

Son of Yaakov and Carola. He was born on September 2, 1928 in Poland. He completed his elementary studies before the family immigrated to Israel at the end of 1945. After returning from the front in the Second World War, he began making efforts to immigrate to Israel, which he dreamed of as a youth in Poland. When he arrived in Israel in 1945, he devoted himself to academic high school studies and even enrolled at the Tel Aviv University in economics. When he was not very healthy after all that he had experienced, and yet, when he was drafted into the IDF in June 1948, he was Simcha to serve his people and country, and after his regular service he signed into the permanent army and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. 1968. Died. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. In his letter of condolence to his mother, which was sent on behalf of the soldiers’ officers, it is written that he served in the unit since its inception and was one of the first officers who were active partners in the establishment of the state. “He contributed greatly to the development of the unit until the day of his death, and he always saw in his own eyes the good of his subordinates and the good of the enterprise, and in his serious and humane approach he acquired the Lev of his subordinates and commanders. Has achieved achievements of great importance to the defense establishment and the IDF. “