(First Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 1886-1973). Typed Letter Signed, in Hebrew, on letterhead of the Minister of Defense, written to Moshe Sar-Shalom, a soldier wounded in the 1948 War of Independence.

In this letter, Ben-Gurion thanks the soldier for giving “more than most soldiers - a part of your own body.” Ben-Gurion notes that the government obligates itself to ensure work training, housing and related rights to be awarded to those soldiers who fought in such historic battles.