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• LANESMAN, Ralph – IAF. Served in 505 Squadron, Radar
• LANDOW, Joe – Army. Acquired basic supplies for the IDF, including its first uniforms
• LASHNER, Arieh (Ari)
• LEISURE (LEIZER), Sidney – Army. 72nd Infantry Battalion. Killed in Western Galilee
• LENART, Lou – IAF. Fighter Pilot. 101 Squadron. Ferried Norseman
• LEORE, Rena – IAF. Radar Operator
• LAURIE, Louis – Army. 7th Brigade, Company "B," 72nd Infantry Battalion
• LEE, Goodwin – IAF. Commander, Air Photography Unit
• LEVETT, Gordon – IAF Fighter Pilot. 101 Squadron and Air Transport Command
• LEVI, Daniel – Etzel. Killed during the exchange of fire on the "Altalena"
• LEVIN, Basil – Engineering Corps. In charge of mine-laying and defenses in the south
• LEVIN, Dr. Stanley - Medical Corps. Givati Brigade and Field Hospital, Gedera
• LEVINE, Abe – Army. Served in the 7th Brigade, saw action in the Galilee
• LEVINE, Ruth – Medical Corps. Operating Room nurse, Bilu Hospital No.8
• LEVY, Alvin (Avraham) – IAF Flight Engineer. Killed in seaplane crash, Sea of Galilee
• LEVY, Marc Nathan – Palmach. Killed when his jeep blew up on a land mine
• LIBOW, Marvin – Army. 7th Brigade, 72nd Infantry Battalion, “B” Company
• LIGHTMAN, Jerome Leon (Yehuda-Arye) – IAF. Radio Operator. Killed in plane crash
• LINSKY, Baruch – Aliyah Bet and Haganah. Served on the "Haim Arlosoroff." Killed at Hulda
• LIPSHITZ, Zvi (Harry) – Defender of Kfar Etzion. Killed when the Etzion Bloc fell
• LIVNEY, Avi – Aliyah Bet. Ship’s purser-pharmacist aboard "Exodus ’47"
• LIVINGSTON, David Guenther – Palmach Brigade. Killed defending Kibbutz Mishmar Ha’emek
• LOWENSTEIN, Ralph – Army. Sailed on the "Pan York." Served in the 79th Armored Battalion
• LUGECH, Avraham (Edward, Ed) – Palmach. Missing since 1948. His remains discovered in 2009
• MACAROV, David and Frieda – Haganah. IDF and IAF. Signals security. Frieda, hospital nurse.
• MALEK, JOSEPH--Etzioni Brigade – Killed when he stepped on a mine in the Masrek positions
• MALKIN, Aryeh (Leon) – Aliyah Bet. Crewman on one of two corvettes sailing from the U.S.
• MALOUL, Yacov – Army. Alexandroni Brigade. Killed in battle near the Negba police station
• MAMAN, Maklouf – Army. Alexandroni Brigade. Killed in the line of duty
• MANDELZWEIG, Gordon – Army. 72nd Infantry Battalion, sergeant of the sapper platoon
• MANN, Maurice – IAF Pilot. Air Transport Command. Flew Avia S-199s
• MARCUS, David (Mickey) – Army. Supreme Commander Jerusalem front. Killed by friendly fire
• MARCUS, Leslie – Army. 8th Armored Brigade, 89th Commandos. Cited for valor in battle
• MARGO, Cecil – Air Force. Advisor to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
• MARGOLIUS, Bully/ Lily – IAF. 101 Squadron. Husband Bully ground crew, wife Lily nurse
• MARGOLIUS, Lily and BLOCH, June – IAF. 101 Squadron. Served as nurses with their husbands
• MAROM, Hugo – IAF. Commander of night fighter squadron. IAF's first test pilot
• MATH, Mandel – Givati Brigade. Killed in the Latrun-Hulda Battle
• MEDALIE, Dr. Jack – Medical Corps. Palmach Yiftach Brigade. Djani Hospital, Jaffa
• MEDICAL CORPS – Ruchama Field Hospital. Story of pre-fab hospital at Kibbutz Ruchama
• MEDICKS, Stanley – Army. 7th Brigade, 72nd Infantry Battalion. Platoon commander
• MEDOW, Ziegbert – Palmach. Transport mechanic. Kibbutz Ruchama and other fronts
• MELTZER, Irving – Aliyah Bet. Radio Operator aboard the "Northland" (the "Jewish State")
• MELZER, Dr. Lionel – Deputy Director of IDF Medical Services
• MENACHE, Rica – Army. Served in Gush Etzion and Jerusalem fronts
• METCHICK, Judah (Yehuda) – Army. Golani, 13th Battalion, "Operation Assaf" and "Horev"
• MEYERSON, Barney – Army. Palmach Hanegev. Served in mortar and armored car units
• MILEIKOWSKY, Alice – Haganah. Morse code operator
• MILLER, Ernst Yacov – Kibbutz Negba. Killed in line of duty defending the kibbutz
• MILLER, Harvey – Navy. Radar Operator
• MILLS, Dov (Bernard) – Aliyah Bet. Oiler on “Exodus.” Palmach Negev Brigade. Killed liberating Beersheba
• MIRVIS, Jack – Army and IAF. 72nd Battalion and meteorological service
• MITRANI, David – Aliyah Bet. Killed during the exchange of fire on the "Altalena"
• MIZRACHI, Aharon – Givati Brigade. Fell in battle against Egyptians
• MONASH, Harold (Zvi)
• MORLEY-DAHAN, Dr. Solomon – Medical Corps. Killed attending wounded in "Operation Hiram"
• MORRIS, Dr. Isaiah – Medical Corps. Killed attending wounded at Sejera, Galilee
• MOYAL, Albert Avraham – Alexandroni Brigade. Killed in battle of Iraq el- Manshiya
• MOSTER, RALPH – IAF Pilot and Palmach. Killed testing new seaplane over Sea of Galilee

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