A Dor Hemshech, the young leadership group of Jewish Legion veterans of World War I is to be founded next week. The aim of this organization, according to a spokesman, is to continue the program of the “historical values of the courage and valor that prevailed 60 years ago, when the Jewish Legion was organized.” The Jewish corps in World War I were the first identified military formation in the new Jewish yishuv in Eretz Yisrael.
From the ranks of this military formation later came the leaders of the Hagannah, Palmach, and the Israel Defense Force. For example, the late Yaacov Dory, first Chief of Staff, and the late Eliyahu Golomb, head of the Hagannah, both received their military training as members of the Jewish Legion. The inauguration ceremony of the Dor Hemshech will take place Aug. 23, at Moshav Avichail near Netanya.
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