A memorial forest for General Osaph Simchonia, conqueror of the Sinai desert who was killed in an airplane crash, will be planted in Israel by Pioneer Woman, the Women’s Labor Zionist Organization of America.
Mrs. Chaya Surchin, Pioneer Women president, said 171 gardens of 100 trees each in the Simchoni Forest on Jewish National Fund land will commemorate the names of Israeli soldiers killed in the Sinai campaign.
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