- Title: ISRAEL: LARGE MILITARY YOUTH UNIT COMPLETES TRAINING.
- Date: 14th November 1967
- Summary: 1. LV COLOURS PARADED. 0.04 2. SV FLAG AT HALF MAST. 0.06 3. LV PAN CROWD AT ATTENTION. 0.09 4. CU COMMANDING OFFICER SALUTES 0.11 5. SV MAN WITH BEARD 0.12 6. SV COMMANDING OFFICER PINS STRIPE ON OUTSTANDING RECRUIT. 0.14 7. SV COMMANDING OFFICER SHAKES HANDS WITH WOMAN RECRUIT. 0.17 8. LV SHAKING HANDS WITH RECRUITS
- Embargoed: 29th November 1967 12:00
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- Location: ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA26OSA68HRVYAOYQ3RV1AZLITR
- Story Text: ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER CONTINGENTS OF THE ISRAELI NAHAL (FIGHTING YOUTH UNITS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE) COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) WITH A PASSING-OUT PARADE. THE LOCATION OF THE PARADE WAS KEPT SECRET FOR SECURITY REASONS.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS WERE MEMBERS OF A BORDER KIBBUTZ (COMMUNAL SETTLEMENT), WHERE THEY COMBINE AGRICULTURAL WORK WITH SECURING FRONTIER OUTPOSTS. SEVERAL OF THESE SETTLEMENTS WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE JUNE WAR. THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS -- ISRAEL'S BORDER WITH SYRIA -- AND THE SINAI PENINSULA.
YESTERDAY'S PARADE WAS ATTENDED BY PARENTS AND RELATIVES, PARENTS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE JUNE WAR AND OFFICERS OF THE BASE. THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND THE KHEN (WOMEN'S ARMY) COMMANDER MET OUTSTANDING TRAINEES AND TOOK THE SALUTE.
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