From Milwaukee to Maroun A-Ras: Lone soldier up for IDF medal | Jerusalem Post

From Milwaukee to Maroun A-Ras: Lone soldier up for IDF medal | Jerusalem Post: "f it was up to Yehuda Werdesheim, he would do it all over again, including getting shot by a Hizbullah guerrilla during the Second Lebanon War.

A soldier with Battalion 101 of the Paratrooper's Brigade, Werdesheim, 21, is the only lone soldier who is a candidate to receive a Citation of Excellence from Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi for his bravery during a battle that ended with 10 dead Hizbullah guerrillas and over a dozen wounded IDF soldiers.

Born in Israel, Werdesheim left for the US with his parents as a baby. He grew up in Milwaukee, where he went to high school but said that his parents always pushed him to enlist in the IDF, where they thought he would 'get perspective on life.'

Today, he has three months left to his service, a brother in an elite unit and another brother planning to enlist next year.

On July 12, the day reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were kidnapped by Hizbullah, Werdesheim and his battalion were on vacation at a resort in Ashkelon.

'All of a sudden we heard about the kidnapping,' he recalled during an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, 'and six hours later we are already up north along the border.'" Read complete post here.