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putes are put aside and we stand
together shoulder to shoulder," said
Admiral Marum, who lit a candle of
remembrance.
Citing the 21,954 Israeli soldiers
lost during- war, and the 317 military
men and women and more than 700
innocent civilian Israelis murdered by
terrorists in the last 4 1/2 years, he said
the people of Israel have never lost
their optimism and spirit.
'Allow me, from here in Michigan, to
send our sympathy to all the military
men and women of Israel," he said.
"A big hug to the families that lost
their relatives on the battlefield, and
to look forward to a better and
promising future. May God bless
them all." ❑

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volunteered for the War of
said. "Like my father, I
Independence.
stand in solidarity with
She decided to meet the
Jews and believe that Israel
authors and ask about her
has the right to exist, to
father.
flourish and to defend her-
Although they didn't know
self"
Donald Albrecht, and their
Most of her friends and
book didn't have pictures of
family are supportive and
him, they gave her contact
like-minded, she said.
information for two men in
"Although admittedly, no
Israel who might know some-
one quite matches my fer-
thing.
vor. I've also had a few peo-
A few months later she
Huggler 's father,
ple pull away from me."
received news via e-mail:
Donald Albrecht,
She deeply regrets having
On July 15, 1948, Albrecht
never been to Israel.
1948
was aboard one of three B-17
She and her husband,
bombers (which became the 69th
Tom, are raising Marisa, a 3-year-old
Squadron) on his way to Israel from
adopted from Guatemala.
Czechoslovakia. The planes later flew a
"I'm just going to have to wait to go
bombing mission over Egypt.
to Israel until she's older," said Huggler,
As chief armaments officer at Ramat
a psychologist whose private-practice
David, Albrecht prepared planes within
office is in her West Bloomfield home.
a month for an October campaign
Tom has been very supportive of
called "Operation Ten Plagues." His
Laura's search for information about her
group installed bomb racks and sights,
father while balancing her business,
air-to-air cannons and machine guns.
adopting a child and training as a psy-
"This all-important achievement has
choanalyst at the Michigan
certainly earned your dad a place in IAF
Psychoanalytic Institute.
history," e-mailed Eddy Kaplansky of
"To take this on, you might look at it
Haifa.
as sort of a distraction, but she found
"My dad participated in one of the
the time and was persistent," he said. "I
most significant historical events in the
think it's great."
last 2,000 years," Huggler said proudly.
At IDF events, Huggler still gets tears
Since then, Huggler has joined several
in her eyes as she listens to Israeli sol-
Jewish organizations, including AIPAC,
diers, who are "part of one of the world's
the Roosevelt Chapter of Hadassah and
most sophisticated, skilled and humane
the Michigan Friends of the IDF.
militaries," she said.
"I've learned even more about Jewish
"How stunned and proud my father
values and culture and that has deep-
would be to see this today, a mere 55
ened and enriched my own faith," she
years later." ❑

