Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
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† Christian
# 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 |