Latrun it was he who made possible the opening of the Burma road to Jerusalem. He stormed the enemy at Isdud and stopped his advance. He assaulted Iraq Suweidan two, three, four times. He was not always successful. He often failed. His equipment was pitiful next to the Egyptian. He had - it was said - only two legs and a rifle. Not even a bayonet did he have in those days.
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There, another picture: "The victors over the fortress of Iraq Suweidan." A wall perforated by tank shells, a tank, and a young soldier with goggles.
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"Victor over the fortress of Iraq Suweidan" - doesn’t Menachem Brotzki also deserve this title, he who ran at the head of one of the unsuccessful assaults and fell by the fence of the fortress? He was no tank driver, just a simple infantry soldier with healthy legs. If you want to publish photos, why not one of Ephraim Makovsky, who fell in the battle for Negba, trying to rescue a wounded comrade. Or one of Moshe ben-Moshe, a quiet and modest soldier, who met his end in a similar way? After all they are the ones who saved Negba from falling to the enemy, at a time when none of our aircraft could be seen in the sky.
Pilot, tank driver, man in a jeep, and gunner. They gave their all. They made an important contribution to victory. But don’t forget - these are all just supporting weapons.
Support for whom? For those who have been forgotten from your beautiful photos. For that king in sackcloth, this thousand-footed giant, who sacrifices blood and sweat, who digs himself into the ground, the one who shoots a rifle, who storms and conquers - the soldiers of the infantry.
Honor the gray ants of the front! The fairytale figures that you are looking for with your cameras are supported by the millions of grains of sand of victory.
On my return to the battalion I received the order to report, together with my friend Shalom Cohen, to company number three and to take over command of a squad of infantry.
The order plunged me into a serious crisis. I knew that the use of the bayonet as an important weapon had reduced the value of the jeeps in