parents 125-6, 177
Peres, Shimon 383
Peretz 47
PIAT 66, 101, 131, 373n
Pole Star 32, 95
Poltruk, Chaim 114, 115, 151 Position 105: 108-12, 135-6
Position 113: 133
Potruk, Shaul 93, 115, 118
Primus 57, 372n
prisoners 108, 162-5, 185
Pulvermacher, Avraham 176
Pundik, Yitzhak 177
al-Qawuqji, Fawzi 45, 57, 372n Qubab 54-7, 77, 154
Qubeiba 152, 183
Rabin, Yitzhak 383
Rachel 17,390
Rachmilevitch, Elieser 177-80 Rachmilevitch, Yaakov 28, 33, 36, 49, 73, 74, 75, 177-80
Rafael, battalion medic 122, 204 Rafi 163-5, 166-9
rain 195-6
Ramat Aharon 371n
Ramie 372n
Rechtmann, Aviva 92
Rechtmann, Ovadia 50, 79, 80, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 101-2
Regenstreif, Freddy (Ephraim) 39, 75, 110, 111, 150, 159
Rehovot 41, 129, 130, 158, 211, 218, 371n
Rice, Condoleeza 385
Rishon LeZion 212
roll call 21-3,24-5
Rosenblatt, Micki 64, 75, 97, 111
Rotholz, Nehemiah 102
Rubke, jeep driver 167
Russia 385
sabra 375n
al-Sadat, Anwar 382
Salomon 72
Samson’s Foxes 108, 113-14, 189, 216, 218, 373n, 389
Saudi Arabia 385
Sawafir 93, 98, 103, 110, 119, 125 Schack, Jack 198-200
Schiller, Johann von 198
Schwuk 115
Security Wall 384
Segal, Aryeh 100
Segal, Joseph 119
"Semitic Action" 381
Sergei brigade 88
Shaar Hagai 42-3, 372n
Shaj 64, 372n
Shalit, Gilad 385
Shamir, Moshe 89
Shani, David 63, 79, 100, 102, 104, 105-6, 172, 176, 181, 183
Sharon, Ariel 383, 384
Shatzky, Moshe 25, 28, 36, 43, 51, 75
Shertok, Moshe 53, 372n
Shimon, squad leader 21, 93
Shmuel, the company commander 172-4
Shmuel, the squad leader 147, 148 Shmueli, Nachman 34, 42, 43, 49, 50, 56, 63
Shmulik, squad leader 74, 165
Siff, Joseph 79, 101
Silbermann, Jochanan 143-5,150,157
Sinai Peninsula 381, 382
Six Day War 382
sock hats 13, 15-16, 17, 140, 188, 217
soldiers on the front 137-40
and home 148-50
humor 158-60
life of 18-20
post-war plans 160-2