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A LOUD TURTLE (BORN NOVEMBER 10, 1927) IS AN IDF OFFICER AT THE RANK OF GENERAL STAFF, COMMANDED THE 204 BRIGADE IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR.

BIOGRAPHY
A LOUD MAN WAS BORN IN TEL AVIV, NAMED ZVI HOCHMAN. HE JOINED THE PALMACH IN MAY 1944 AND WAS NICKNAMED "MIMI", SERVING IN THE COMPANY B OF THE SEVENTH BATTALION ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, AFTER WHICH HE MOVED TO BERNNER HILL AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL ESCALATION. HE COMPLETED A CLASS COMMANDERS COURSE IN JABURA AND IN 1946 HE WAS APPOINTED A CLASS COMMANDER OF KIBBUTZ GIRLS. A COURSE OF COMMANDERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION, THE IDF CYCLE, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ISAAC DUBINO. HE TOOK PART IN THE ACTIVITIES OF NIGHTINGGATE, THE NIGHT OF THE TRAINS, AND THE NIGHT OF THE BRIDGES HE SERVED AS A ROPE IN THE EXPLOSION OF THE GAZA BRIDGE. IN OCTOBER 1947, HE WAS SENT TO CYPRUS ON BEHALF OF THE PALMACH TO GUIDE THE DEFENDERS IN THE DETENTION CAMPS, RETURNING TO ISRAEL IN APRIL 1948 WITH A FAKE IMMIGRATION LICENSE.

IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, A COMPANY IN THE SEVENTH BATTALION WAS COMMANDED TO BE SENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NEGEV BRIGADE. HE WAS WOUNDED DURING THE BATTLE AGAINST THE IRAQI POLICE, SWEDEN, AND THEN APPOINTED AN OPERATIONAL OFFICER OF THE BATTALION AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE OCCUPATION OF BAR SHEVA. AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE PALMACH SERVED AS A GUIDE IN THE OFFICER COURSE, A BATTALION COMMANDERS COURSE IN 1950 AND WAS RELEASED. IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RESERVE SERVICE, HE COMMANDED A BATTALION OF 93 OF THE 9TH BRIGADE IN THE SINAI WAR, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE O-SHEIKH OCCUPIED.

IN 1965, HE RETURNED TO THE PERMANENT SERVICE, DURING THE SIX-DAY WAR, COMMANDED THE BATTALION OF 74, THE PALMACH BRIGADE IN THE BRIGADE OF 45, SENT A DEMONSTRATION IN THE SAMSON AND NORTHERN GOLAN HEIGHTS. DURING THE WAR, HE COMMANDED A COURSE OF ARMORED OFFICERS. DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, HE COMMANDED THE 204 BRIGADE, A STRUCTURED DIVISION IN THE RESERVE, WHICH WAS AN EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT AND DAVID RON WAS THE DIVISION'S CHAIR. THE GUSSA BRIGADE AND SENT TO NORTH SINAI, WHERE SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE RELEASE OF THE ACCESS AXIS TO THE STRONGHOLD OF BUDAPEST, A BATTLE IN WHICH MANY FOREIGN FIGHTERS WERE HARMED BY THE BRIGADE AND A PEACEFUL BATTALION ANNEXED TO THE DIVISION. LATER IN THE WAR, SHE CROSSED THE SUEZ CANAL, FOUGHT IN THE JABAL GIINPA REGION WHERE HE DESTROYED ROCKET BASES, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE THIRD EGYPTIAN ARMY. RELEASED FROM THE PERMANENT SERVICE IN 1977.

FROM 1981 TO 1984, THE YOUNG SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS WAS CONCENTRATED.

PERSONAL LIFE
HE TOOK ESTHER (1926–2018) TO MACIMI JOSEPH. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN. HIS SON, RON, WAS COMMANDER OF THE 8TH BRIGADE. AFTER THE POGROM OF ST. JOSEPH, THEY MOVED TO THE MICHAEL BRIGADE.

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TESTIMONIALS TO UN HIGH COMMISSIONER 204, AT THE CENTER FOR THE YOM KIPPUR WAR

THE PALMACH FIGHTERS
IDF SOLDIERS DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR
DIVISION COMMANDERS 27
COMMANDERS IN THE 188 BRIGADES
MICHAEL: MEN
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE NATIVE TO THE LAND.
GOD'S WORD IS ON THE GROUND.
ISRAELIS BORN IN 1927