l our smoke grenades, and the APC crew used them to create a smokescreen, the only way I could think of to reduce the danger of being targeted by the Saggers. It worked, but it required incredible guts for the men in the APC to pull it off. The battle had required guts of every man in the battalion. They

rting walking west, toward the canal, only to be cut down by Egyptian gunfire. I directed Moshe Sukenik to take half the company and head toward the Saggers to try to take them out, even though we both knew that he’d have to risk heavy fire before they got close enough. He had two-inch mortars on his turr

urviving paratroopers had been brought out or had managed to hobble to the irrigation ditch. I ordered Sukenik to abandon his attempt to take out the Saggers, and we withdrew behind the irrigation ditch. It was only then that I realized that alongside two of our crippled tanks there was still a group of a

arting walking west, toward the canal, only to be cut down by Egyptian gunfire. I directed Moshe Sukenik to take half the company and head toward the Saggers to try to take them out, even though we both knew that he'd have to risk heavy fire before they got close enough. He had two-inch mortars on his turr