Israeli combat aircraft stream toward Egypt at the launch of Operation Focus, the surprise attack designed by Capt. Rafi Sivron and Lt. Col. Jacob “Yak” Nevo. Filmmaker Boaz Dvir is known for his documentaries, including “Cojot” and “A Wing and a Prayer,” but the Penn State University assistant professor of journalism is also the author of the book “Saving Israel: The Unknown Story of Smuggling Weapons and Winning a Nation’s Independence.” On June 18 at 12 p.m. PDT, Dvir will discuss this heroic mission via Zoom in a free event sponsored by the National Museum of American Jewish Military History.
Telling the story behind “A Wing and a Prayer” in greater depth, Dvir’s book follows the efforts of American World War II veteran Al Schwimmer and others to buy decommissioned airplanes, rehab them, recruit pilots to fly them and obtain the weapons and ammunition Israel needed to fight for its independence.
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