25-04-2010, 13:09
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חבר מתאריך: 19.09.05
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Danny, I was hesitant at first to reply because of my greatest respect to the veterns of Yom Kippur war, especially to the tank crews, such as yourself and your colleagues.
I have no doubt that Hativa 600's story is not well known by the public, and that this should be fixed, however I was very saddened by the way that has been chosen to do this. The accusations by the 600 organization against the Latrun organization published in the newspapers gives me a bad feeling like the "war of the generals" has now made its ugly way even down to the soldiers' level. These people that you are accusing, like Haim Erez, are the very people with which you fought side by side in the same Ugda, risking your lives for the same mission.
It is inevitable that the stories of many worthy individuals or units that will not be recognized in the general public eye. This is true throughout history. The battles of the IDF sadir units are best known because it is their nature to promote it to their recruits and the public sees soldiers from these units in the streets or in the media on a regular basis. That's probably why Hativa 7's and 188's stories are so well known, as are those of Golani and the Paratroopers.
In the same way, most people have heard about the initial crossing of the Suez Canal and the capture of the Syrian Hermon by the Paratroopers, or the capure of the Old City in 1967, but do they realize that this was actually done by Hativa 247 (55) and Hativa 317 (80) and not by Hativa 35 (which promotes these battles to their young recruits)? I doubt it. To students or soldiers who are interested in the subject, the actions of Hativa 600's can be found in books. To the general public, I am afraid, 14, 421 and 600 and even 143 will remain just numbers.
I agree with others that the best way to teach the public of the contribution of Hativa 600 is to print well written books (like the excellent one Aviram Barkai wrote on 188), or perhaps produce a good movie. I hope that you choose to avoid a public fight, that undoubtedly the media will love to broadcast, but will mainly serve to tarnish everyone and lessen the respect due to all. To the public, and especially the younger readers, the matter will seem like just another scandal and that all that really matters today, even among the courageous men of October 73, is receiving their share of "kavod" or credit.
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Sorry for the English... I was a bad student in Hebrew school
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