Shimon, Ran

Son of Shimon and Miriam. He was born in 1934 in Bulgaria and was fourteen years old when his parents immigrated to Israel with him. It was at the end of the War of Independence. He spent some time in Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz and later began studying at the ORT school in Jerusalem, where he excelled in the Department of Diesel Mechanics. When he joined the IDF in August 1952, he moved to the Navy, where his parents moved from Jerusalem to Herzliya, where he worked as a mechanic in the destroyers and the Air Force Workshop in 1953. In 1953 he went to the United States to bring Noga, As a mechanic, he served in the naval commando unit and was recently discharged, but his citizenship was not long, and Ran returned to the Navy for permanent service, and at the beginning of his career he worked in a navy workshop in Eilat. And returned home to Herzliya as a citizen, and when he was released he was hinted that when the day came we would have submarines and he would be invited to join them, He prepared himself for an overseas trip to bring a “crocodile” and underwent a period of hesitation: he took his girlfriend, a resident of Herzliya, whom he had known in those days, or would reject He decided to postpone their marriage and he went to England with the rest of the crew and spent some time in Liverpool, where the submarine was renovated and then moved to training To Portsmouth. In April 1959 his future wife came to Portsmouth – and the Jewish community there arranged the marriage ceremony. At that time, the renovations were completed by submarine, and the crew members were in charge of their training and training, and in December 1959 they sailed to Israel. Ran was pleased with his job as a mechanic in the submarine because he saw its pioneering mission, even though the work itself was difficult, the vacations were short, and the work was feverish. About a year and a half after their return to Israel, Ran went to an officers’ course and returned as a lieutenant. He did return to the submarine, but his work was done at the base – and this depressed him only when he returned to the submarines themselves (this time to “Rahav” as chief machine-gunner) was Simcha that he did. He did this work until the day he left for the Dakar team. When he was offered, at the end of 1965, to move to the “Dakar” saw it as a promotion. He willingly went to serve in England in Dakar, with his wife and two children. Ran loved reading books-especially mechanics and submarines; He also liked to read poetry books. One of his favorite hobbies was playing folk songs. As a child he played the violin. Then the accordion; He bought his guitar in England and learned to play it. He also liked to draw caricatures and was especially Simcha to decorate the hall where Purim parties were held. In social meetings, Ran was the living spirit with his wife who helped him sing folk songs they loved very much. About three months before the submarine’s last voyage, his wife and two children returned from England. In January 1968 the submarine sailed and headed for the port. But on the sea route between Gibraltar and Haifa, the connection was suddenly cut off and never renewed. This was on the 24th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968). The Chief Military Rabbinate determined that the date of Ran’s death, in the course of fulfilling his duty with the rest, was on January 30, 1968. He left a wife and two children. Since Ran was one of the missing team members, a monument was placed inside him in a memorial to the Dakar people in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In Eran Shorer’s book “Six Days in Decker,” several pages were devoted to his history and picture. On the 28th of Sivan 5759 (28.5.1999), after years of searching, the INS Dakar submarine was found on the seabedA 2,900-meter high course on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. This fallen hero is a “maklan” – a hero whose burial place is unknown.