Arik - The Life Of Ariel Sharon (120 page)

“He really was a lovely boy.” Gur with Arik, Lily, and Vera, December 1963. (
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May 1967: digging in on the Egyptian border (
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With Yael Dayan, war correspondent, legend debunker (
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The Six-Day War winning team, June 1967: Generals Tal, Sharon, Gavish, and Yoffe. (
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On our side? Arik and Ze’evi pray together with Chief Chaplain Shlomo Goren, March 1968. An IDF reprisal force was pinned down across the Jordan border. (
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Bereaved father, bereaved brother: Arik with Omri, May 1968 (
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With Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev (left) and Dayan (right) on the Suez Canal. Israel’s initial defenses were “amateurish.” (
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“I really like the Bedouin.” With General Avraham Yoffe, visiting Negev neighbors. (
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Not up to the job: transferring Southern Command to General Shmuel Gonen, July 1973 (
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“The situation was catastrophic. He was focused, businesslike, constructive.” With Colonel Amnon Reshef at the start of the Yom Kippur War, October 1973. (
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October 8: Gonen tracks Arik down in the desert (
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Grappling with the monster. Tanks drag the 180-meter-long rolling bridge toward the canal. (
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Amphibious bridging tugs put the first Israeli tanks across (
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