 |

A Paratrooper's Story
S H I M O N K A H A N E
- Where were you the day the war started? -
"...the day the war started, I was the deputy battle commander, and I was ready with my battle unit to jump into Egypt, this was our mission. But at four 'o clock in the afternoon, when we were ready with our parachutes on our backs to go on the airplanes, we got another mission to move to Jerusalem..."
- How was the Western Wall captured?
"...I can remember how I ran and in front of me I saw the Lion's Gate and the Wall.
I saw the soldiers on the wall but nobody shot..."
- How did it feel to capture the Western Wall?
"...for me Jerusalem is all one city...for sure the Kotel is the point of something special,
but all around us there were special feelings..."
Back
Avi
Achmed
Machmud
Moshe
Shimon
|