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Sea Lion, the ship from which 23 seamen disappeared on May 18, 1941. (Wikipedia)
Eighty years ago, on May 15, 1941, the Hagana, the largest Jewish underground military organization in pre-Israel Palestine, announced the formation of the
Plugot Mahatz loosely translated, “strike companies” that would comprise full time recruits under arms at all times, to be known by the acronym “Palmach.”