Nine of the 12 children in the family of Chaim Dray, Algerian Jew, are serving in the French Army, newspapers reported today. Also mobilized are two sons-in-laws. The only son thus far not mobilized is a man of 47 who fought in the World War and was severely wounded. He has been declared unfit for military service. The family lives in Tlemcen, Algiers.
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