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Spinkelstein, Yeshayahu (Spinky)

Spinkelstein, Yeshayahu (Spinky)


He was a member of the Zionist movement from his youth and immigrated to Israel in 1933. He joined the Haganah during the War of Independence, The Second World served in the British army for five years as a rank-and-rank artillery officer, and when the Jewish Brigade was founded, he joined it and assisted in the immigration of illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel, where he defended the suburbs of Tel Aviv, where he lived. Jordan, Tulkarem, Kakoun and the Negev, and he commanded the capture of Julis, who fell on the 18th of Tammuz 5708 (18.7.1948) in the Battle of Crete, in his innocence as commander of a team for the transfer of an anti-tank gun. To his credit are nine enemy vehicles that have been disbanded. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak. He left behind a wife, Zipora. According to the report of the platoon commander, “he excelled in coolness and knew how to give fire orders at the right moment.”

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