Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
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# Killed in Action
£ Served in other Branches
¥ Served in Aliyah Bet and Machal
§ Served in Other Units of Army
Golani-1st Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Alexander, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | Infantry Medic/Rifleman |
| ¥ Bock, Philip | USA | New York | NY | |
| Feiner (Eden), Leon Aharon | USA | New York | NY | Scout/Platoon Commander |
| # § ¥ Lashner, Arye | USA | New York | NY | |
| Leith, Dr. Nathan | CAN | Port Rupert | B.C. | |
| ¥ Malkin, Aryeh [Ostrov] | USA | New York | NY | |
| Spiegelman, Simon | USA | New York | NY | Outpost Duty/Patrols |
| Stern, K. | USA | | | |
Carmeli-2nd Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Bobrow, Gerold | USA | | | |
| Hordes, Herbert | USA | Detroit | MI | Sniper |
| Kenny, Abraham | USA | | | |
| Klier, Shoshana | USA | | | |
| § ¥ Lieberman, Shmarya | USA | Bayonne | NJ | Infantry |
| Plen, Sarah | USA | Hartford | CT | Signal Officer |
Alexandroni-3rd Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Benatan, Nicki | USA | | | armored cars |
Givati-5th Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| § Abramson, Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Band, Maurice | USA | Claremont | NH | infantry |
| Bean, Bert | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Berger, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Beube, Sidney | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | infantry, officeworker |
| § ¥ Boxer, David | USA | Detroit | MI | artillery |
| Brown, Allan | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Cadloff, Syd | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § Cappell, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | heavy mortars |
| § Cohen, Sam | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Dankevy, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | machine gunner |
| Danovich, Moe | CAN | Montreal | Que. | bomb chucker |
| § Druker, Lionel | CAN | Sydney | N.S. | "Canadian platoon" Comndr |
| Fox, Leonard | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| £ Freedman, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Gerstl, Joe | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| ¥ Ginsberg, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Infantry |
| Glassman, Al | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Goldstep, Myer | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Good, Philip M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Truck Driver |
| £ Gross, Jerry Joseph | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Scout |
| § Halperin, Sidney | CAN | St. Catherine | Ont. | Signal Officer |
| Hambourg, Irving | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Harris, Eliahu | USA | Chicago | IL | Infantry |
| Kaplansky, Irving | CAN | Montreal | Que. | K20 despatch rider |
| § Katz, Percy | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Krivitsky, Harry | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Langsam, Norbert (Nachum) | USA | New York | NY | machine gunner |
| § Lashinsky, Arthur "Lash" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Lewis, Julius | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Lobe, Morris | CAN | Trail | B.C. | |
| £ ¥ O'Copnick, Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Prussick, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| £ Rabinovich, Sidney | USA | New York | NY | infantry/artillery loader |
| £ Rosenberg, Gerald S. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Infantry |
| § £ Siegel, Avrom V. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | gunner, convo |
| Sinclair, David | USA | | | |
| Slutsky, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| £ Spiegel, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| £ Sternberg, Arnold (Aaron) | USA | Boston | MA | Infantryman |
| § Tate, Daniel | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Twicken, Saul | USA | Boston | MA | infantry |
| § Wasser, Samuel "Sam" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § £ Wohl, David | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | MT Driver |
Etzion-6th Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Whartman, Eliezer | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Machine Gunner |
7th Brigade-72nd Battalion
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Baa'lbeck, George A. | USA | | | |
| Bagelman, Harry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Bahar, Albert | USA | | | |
| Baskin, Saul | USA | | | |
| § Becker, Joseph | USA | Seattle | WA | |
| Belkin, Jack | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | |
| Brodsky, George | USA | | | |
| £ § Bulkin, Daniel | USA | | | |
| § Chapnick, Allan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Chetner, Sydney | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | |
| Cohen, Bosun | USA | | | |
| Cohen, Isadore "Issy" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| § Cohen, Walter "Tex" | USA | Lubbock | TX | |
| Cossman, Howard | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Daoudi, H. | USA | | | |
| Davids, Barnett | USA | | | |
| Dolinlsky, Morton | USA | | | |
| § Doneson, Jules | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| Dunkelman, Lt. Col. Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Commander? |
| § Dworkin, Alex "Pee-Wee" | CAN | | | |
| Eisen, Robert "Bob" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Eisner, Harry | USA | New York | NY | |
| Enslich, Jack | USA | | | |
| Epstein, Alex | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Eric, Fred | USA | | | |
| Fagen, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Fehrman, Dick | USA | | | |
| Feinberg, Alvin "Al" | USA | | | |
| Feuerman, Dick | USA | | | |
| Fine, Len | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Fischbein, Herbert | USA | Orange | NJ | |
| Forster, Sam | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § £ ¥ Frank, Yakov | USA | | | |
| Frankel, Harry | USA | | | |
| Freedman, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Freelander, Montague | USA | | | |
| Freeman, Solomon "Sol" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Friedrich, Michael | USA | | | |
| Frydenberg, Dave | USA | | | |
| § Gerstl, Joe | CAN | | | |
| Gertzbein, David | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Gold, Irving Mark | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | |
| Goldberg, Charles "Charlie" | USA | Hollywood | CA | |
| § Good, Philip M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Goodman, Neal | USA | Strouasburg | PA | |
7th Brigade-79th Battalion
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Alper, George (Yehoshua) | USA | Riverhead | NY | platoon leader? |
| Brooks, Burton | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| § Cappell, Murray | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Armored Cars |
| Cohen, Bob | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Cohen, Lou | USA | | | |
| § Cohen, Walter (Tex) | USA | Lubbock | TX | Armored Car-machine gunner |
| Cook, Jo | USA | | | |
| § Dankevy, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Armored Car-machine gunner |
| Dlin, Norman | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | Armored Car-driver |
| Epstein, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Fuss, Manuel | USA | New York | NY | Armored Car-crewman |
| Gold, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Goode, Ivan | USA | Chicago | IL | Halftrack-infantry |
| § Jacobson, Sydney M. | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Kantzer, Henry V. | USA | Berkeley | CA | Armored Car-driver |
| Ladell, Joshua | USA | Monsey | NY | Armored Car-driver |
| § Lechtman, Jaime (Chaim) | USA | Baton Rouge | LA | |
| ¥ Levine, Abraham "Abe" | CAN | Whitby | Ont. | Armored Car-driver |
| § Levine, Phillip | USA | New York | NY | |
| Levinson, Morton | USA | Boston | MA | Halftrack-infantry |
| Lowenstein, Ralph | USA | Danville | VA | Halftrack-driver |
| Miller, Stanley | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | Armored Cars |
| Perlman, Frank | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Armored Car-Commander |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Singer, Samuel | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Armored Cars |
| § Wasser, Samuel "Sam" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | COM-Drove Command Car |
| Weiner, Joseph | CAN | Montreal | Que. | COM-Cmndr |
8th Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Cohen, Gabriel | USA | New York | NY | 3" Mortar Crew, translator |
| § Druker, Lionel | CAN | Sydney | N.S. | Tanks |
| Feldman, Joe | USA | | | |
| Kopstein, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Rothblatt, Isaiah | USA | Madison | WI | Section Corporal in Mortar Batt. |
| Sures, Lawrence | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Tanks |
| § Swartz, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Tanks |
Oded-9th Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Bailer, George | USA | | | Anti-Tank Armored Cars |
| Balkin, Jerry (Gideon) | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Anti-Tank Acs, Halftrack crewman |
| § ¥ Blank, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Jeep Commandoes w/Heaps |
| Dorson-Slade, Jessie | USA | | OK | Anti-Tank Armored Cars |
| Heaps, Leo | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Commander, Jeeps |
| § Klapper, Robert E. | USA | Frederick | CO | |
| Lenett, Harold N. | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Driving Instructor |
| ¥ Miller, Bernard [Mills, Dov] | USA | | | |
| Pierce, Morris | CAN | Kingston | Ont. | Jeep Company |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Jeep Company |
| ¥ Rostoker, Ben | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Hativat HaNegev |
| Rubin, Mike | USA | | | Armored Cars |
| Twirsky, Al | USA | Pittsburg | PA | Jeep Company |
| § Wank, Alvin | USA | New York | NY | Jeep Company |
Yiftach-11th brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Abrams, Joe | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Abramson, Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Cohen, Harvey | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Halamish, Joseph | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Infantry |
| Kahane, Bernard | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Katz, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Lugech, Ed | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § £ Moster, Ralph | CAN | Vancouver | BC | |
| § Potter, Manly | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Reiter, Wally | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Robinson, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| # Rubinoff, Sidney | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Rudin, Raymon | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | |
| Shanas, Leibel "Ed" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Steinberg (Halamish), Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Swartz, Morris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Tanks |
| Ulian, Richard | USA | Worcester | MA | |
| Waldman, Leonard "Len" | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Infantry, mortars |
| £ Wosk, Saul | CAN | Vancouver | BC | |
Negev-12th Brigade
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| # £ Ball, Louis "Lou" | USA | New York | NY | |
| Maltin, Manny | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Infantry |
| Meyers, Chaim | USA | Newark | NJ | |
| # ¥ Schiff, Reuben "Red" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Schutzberg, Arnold | USA | Cambridge | MA | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
Palmach-Haganah
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Benatan, Jack | USA | Asheville | NC | |
| Binder, Leonard | USA | Boston | MA | |
| Block, Irving | USA | Bridgeport | CT | |
| £ Borowsky [Porath], Zipporah | USA | New York | NY | Medic |
| Chertoff, Mordecai | USA | New York | NY | |
| Dean, Macabee | USA | Philadelphia | PA | |
| ¥ Dreifuss, Yochanan | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| Feinberg, Ira | USA | New York | NY | Machine Gunner |
| # Geberer, Moshe | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Kaplan, Jerome | USA | New York | NY | |
| £ Klausner, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Klein, Jacob | USA | New York | NY | |
| Kochavi, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Linsky, Baruch [Bernard] | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Livingston, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Math, Mandel | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Monash, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Perlstein, Moshe | USA | New York | NY | |
| Rimon, Pinchas | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| Rosenstien, Ben | USA | New York | NY | |
| # ¥ Seligman, Dov | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Sevin, Irving | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| ¥ Shapiro, Aaron (Alan) | USA | Jersey City | NJ | Comm & Radio |
| £ Shugar, Harold | USA | Tarboro | NC | |
| § # Shulman, Jack | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Solomon, David | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Wank, Alvin | USA | New York | NY | |
Medical Corps
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Back, Nathan | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Medical labs |
| † Berger, Mary | USA | York | PA | Surgical Nurse |
| § Bulkin, Daniel | USA | | | |
| § ¥ Frank, Yakov | USA | | | |
| § Friedman, Esther Shawmut | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Nurse/Medic |
| Kantey, Naomi Levin | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| Kaplow (Leopold), Riena | USA | Waterbury | CT | Nurse |
| £ § Kare, Moshe "Morley" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| Levine, Harold | USA | New York | NY | Mobile Dental Unit |
| Levine [Levin] [Gurney], Ruth | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | O.R. Nurse |
| Miller, Leo (Eliezer) | USA | Chicago | IL | Psychiatrist |
| Pelzig, Gloria | USA | New York | NY | Anesthesiologist |
| Petranker, Sober Marilyn | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| Rosenberg, Mildred | USA | New York | NY | Physical Therapist |
| Roth, Eddie M. | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Medic |
| Ziera, Frieda (Yocheved) | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
IZL
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| ¥ Blank, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Brodetsky, Moshe | USA | | | |
| Green, Harry | USA | Lexington | KY | Photographer/Intel |
| Horn, Jack | USA | New York | NY | Controlling Infiltrators |
| # ¥ Kahn, Joseph | USA | Los Angeles | CA | |
| Kraushar, Harold (Zvi) | USA | New York | NY | Machine Gunner |
| List, Julian | USA | | | |
| Rosoff, Isadore | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Rottenstien, Ben | USA | New York | NY | |
| Zimmerman, Nat | USA | | | |
Chemed
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Appleman, Gabriel |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Berger, Sidney |
USA |
Baltimore |
MD |
Weapons Development |
| Brown, Max |
CAN |
Toronto |
Ont. |
Machine Gun production |
| Calman, Mike |
CAN |
Vancouver |
B.C. |
Scientific Corps |
| Goldstein, Asher |
USA |
New York |
NY |
|
| Hanft, Herbert |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Engineer |
| Horowitz, Isaac M. |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Scientific Corps |
| Leiboff,Jascha(Yakov Lebov) |
USA |
Peekskill |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Mandel, Henry |
USA |
New York |
NY |
Weapons Development |
| Ross, Bernard |
USA |
Schenectady |
NY |
Weapons Tester |
| Schneider, Theodore |
USA |
New York |
NY |
|
| Weinzweig, Avrum Israel |
CAN |
Toronto |
Ont. |
Scientific Corps |
Military Police
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Levinson, Fred | USA | Boston | MA | Investigator |
| Rosen, Al | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
Antitank
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Anspach, Ralph | USA |
New York | NY | |
| § Balkin, Jerry (Gideon) | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Halftrack Crewman |
| # Balkin, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | |
| § Becker, Joseph | USA | Washington | DC | Drove 4x4 w/ anti-tank gun |
| § Chapnick, Allan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Antitank Halftrack Commander |
| § Cook, Jo | USA | | | |
| Gorn, Lester | USA | San Francisc. | CA | Commander |
| Horne, Salk | CAN | | | |
| § Schwartz, Morris "Mo" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Segal, Hy | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Tugend, Thomas (Tom) | USA |
Berkeley |
CA | Infantry Squad Leader |
| Tunis, Joe | CAN | Vegreville | Alb. | |
| § Warner, Joseph | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Medic, Halftrack Driver |
| ¥ Weinstein, Manny | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| Yolan, Bernard | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | |
Artillery
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Braverman, Immanuel | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Artillery Officer |
| § Cohen, Sam | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| § Cooper, Morry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Goldberg, Arthur | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | |
| Goodman, Harvey | CAN | Montreal | Que. | |
| § Jaffer, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| § Katz, Percy | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Lang, Pierce (Peter) | USA | | | |
| § Robinson, Max | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| § Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | |
| ¥ Sklar, Len | USA | Boston | MA | |
Paratroops
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Ellis, Alvin | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Paratrooper |
| Leeds, Robert | USA | Detroit | MI | |
| ¥ Marks, Bernard | USA | Chicago | IL | Paratrooper |
Kibbutz
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| Finkel [Ben-Yosef], Ralph | USA | Baltimore | MD | |
| Friedman, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| Silverman, Julius | USA | New York | NY | Guard/ Kib work |
| Sokol, Schlomo (Seymour) | USA | Hachshara | NJ/NY | Kibbutz work |
Headquarters
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Duties |
| § Jaffer, Harold | USA | New York | NY | |
| # Marcus, David (Mickey) | USA | New York | NY | |
| ¥ Weiss, Charles | USA | | | Intelligence |
Other Units-Unknown
| Name |
Nat |
Hometown |
State |
Unit |
Duties |
| Alter, Henry | USA | | | | |
| Anspach, Ralph | USA | | | | |
| Arik, Fred | USA | | | | |
| # Balkin, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | 89th Batt. B Co. | Tanks |
| Baras, H. | USA | | | | |
| Ben Ami, Glory | USA | | | | |
| Bichachi, Israel | USA | | | Batt. 91, Hativa 9 | |
| £ Cohen, Gerald | USA | New York | NY | 7th Brigade | |
| Deedisl, Dov | USA | | | | |
| § Doneson, Jules | USA | Philadephia | PA | 71st Bat, also 72nd,5th | Infantry Company Commander |
| Ehrlich, Irving Sheldon | USA | St. Louis | MO | | |
| ¥ Fendell, David | USA | Boston | MA | | |
| Geberer, Harlow | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Gelmon, Alvin D. | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Jerusalem Brig, also 181st Mortar Batt | |
| Goodman, Henry Hank | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | | |
| Harris, Mattityahu | USA | | | | |
| Helmreith, Richards | USA | | | | |
| Hessel, Miriam | USA | New York | NY | | Social Service |
| Jaffe, Arthur | USA | Butler | PA | | Intelligence |
| ¥ £ Kite, Arnold | USA | Chicago | IL | | Infantry |
| Korn, Maney | USA | | | | |
| Landow, Joseph | USA | New York | NY | Matkal | Land & Labor-MFI |
| Marder [Mileikowsky], Alice | USA | Hartford | CT | | Signal officer |
| Margalit [Margolis], Joseph | USA | New York | NY | Gedid 163 | Company Commander |
| Meyers, Chaim | USA | Newark | NJ | Hayot Heneg | Armored Car Driver |
| Nachlieli [Teichman], Jack | USA | New York | NY | Engineers | engineer |
| ¥ Newman, Bennie | USA | Rochester | NY | | |
| Pressman, Julius | CAN | Ottawa | Ont. | 7th Brigade | |
| Rawicz, Fred | USA | New York | NY | Machal Office | Translator |
| Rosen, David | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Army | |
| Rothchild, Manfred | USA | | | | |
| Rubin, Mordechai | USA | | | | Intelligence |
| Schneider, Dr. Ralph | USA | | | Infantry, Galili | |
| Segal, Martin | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Spector, Israel | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Engineering Corps | |
| Steiner, William [Steines, Blieser] | USA | New York | NY | Repair Depot Shop | Rifle Repair |
| Urie, Elkanan | USA | | | | |
| ¥ Weingrod, Alvin | USA | Milkaukee | WI | | Supplies |
| Weinstein, David A. | USA | Rochester | NY | 101, 313rd signal corps | Infantry/radio |
| Weiss, Charles | USA | | | Headquarters | Courier |
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