Ami Morag

Ami Morag was born in 1945 in Tel Aviv

Ami Morag was born in Tel Aviv in 1945 as Ami Morgenbesser, the second son of Eliezer and Miriam, immigrants from Poland. He grew up in Zikhron Ya'akov and Kiryat Bialik. After his parents divorced, he lived as an outside child at Kibbutz Kfar HaMaccabi.

He joined the IDF in 1963 and served in the Nahal, the Shaked reconnaissance unit and the Golani Brigade. After the Six-Day War he returned to regular service and moved to the Armored Corps. In the Yom Kippur War he commanded Reserve Battalion 599 in Sinai and across the Suez Canal.

He later commanded Brigades 320 and 460 and became Chief Armored Officer in 1981. In 1983 he was named commander of an armored division. He left regular service in 1986.

In civilian life he managed operations at Sonol and headed its subsidiary Sonarco. He served on the Haifa city council and later worked on the Carmel Tunnels project. In 2013 he became chairman of an association that supports lone soldiers.

He holds a master's degree from the University of Haifa and lives in Haifa. He is married with 4 children. His son Idan also received the Medal of Distinguished Service, the first such case of a father and son in the IDF.