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Look through me to see • The Yad La-Shiryon museum and a memorial for fallen soldiers of the Israeli Armored Corps, Latrun, Ayalon Valley, Israel
April 26, 2008 • By Moshe

Yad La-Shiryon (The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun, Israel) is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps, as well as one of the most diverse tank museums in the world. The cornerstone for Yad La-Shiryon was laid on December 14, 1982. The site was created through the initiative of veteran officers of the armored corps in cooperation with the armored corps.

The main building, a mandate era Tegart fortress houses an archive of the fallen, a library, and a synagogue. The tower of the fortress has been converted into a "Tower of Tears" by Israeli artist Danny Karavan. The inside of the tower is covered by steel taken from a tank and water circulating from a pool underneath the installation trickles down the walls. The Wall of

Names, erected outside, displays the names of all the fallen soldiers from the Armored Corps, beginning with the War of Independence (1948) and up to this very day.

Yad La-shiryon is famous worldwide for its unique and diverse collection of tanks and armored vehicles. There are over a hundred different vehicles in the collection, including Israeli made tanks, enemy tanks seized in combat, and vehicles purchased specifically for the collection (Info from Wikipedia).

The photo above was taken at the rooftop of the fortress, where few scattered binoculars allow the visitors to get a closer look of the Ayalon Valley.

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