Oh, you sons of Moses — with your crooked noses
In slight self-mockery, the young American volunteers who went over in 1947 and 1948 as riflemen, sailors, pilots and nurses to fight for the independence of the Jewish state, sang this song.\n\nNow, 60 years later, they came together again, along with their children and grandchildren, to greet old comrades and tell their stories at the Machal West celebration on Dec. 9.\n\nThere was Mitchell Flint, the honoree of the luncheon at the American Jewish University, who had been shot down over Midway as a U.S. fighter pilot during World War II, fought for the fledgling Israeli air force and served in Korea.