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Eric
Oct 28, 2024
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As many of you know, I’m a former US Army Tanker and continue to love tanks and tank crews. Recently I’ve become part of an organization that is dedicated to supporting Tankers in America and Israel and furthering the special relationship between the two groups.

This has taken up a bunch of my time lately and impacted my posting here. My apologies :-(

The name of the organization is The American-Israeli Tanker Fellowship. My co-founders, apparently, think I should be one of the two co-chairs.

In starting the process of becoming an official organization, we have been given the chance to hold a fundraiser for the group by Brigadier General (Ret.) Avigdor Kahalani, who commanded the 77th Armoured Battalion in that fateful struggle.

In 1973, the Yom Kippur War, there were many acts of heroism and sacrifice. I think the battle for the Golan Heights, and in particular the Valley of Tears, has always been of interest to me since I first read of it in Chaim Herzog’s “The Arab-Israeli Wars”.

Now w…

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