Editing Moshe Dayan (section)

==Eye patch==
[[File:A DETACHMENT OF THE JEWISH SUPERNUMERARY POLICE, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MOSHE DAYAN, LINING UP AT THE ESTABLISHMENT SITE OF KIBBUTZ HANITA IN THE WESTER.jpg|thumb|Moshe Dayan commanding a company of [[Jewish Supernumerary Police]], [[Hanita]], March 1938]]
On 7 June 1941, the night before the invasion of the [[Syria–Lebanon Campaign]], Dayan's unit crossed the border and secured two bridges over the [[Litani River]]. During the time, Dayan served under the command of British Lieutenant General Sir [[Henry Maitland Wilson]].<ref name=dayaneyer>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/letters-describing-dayan-losing-eye-to-be-auctioned/|title = Letters describing Dayan losing his eye to be auctioned|website = [[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> When they were not relieved as expected, at 04:00 on 8 June, the unit perceived that it was exposed to possible attack and—on its own initiative—assaulted a nearby Vichy police station, capturing it. A few hours later, as Dayan was on the roof of the building using [[binoculars]] to scan Vichy French positions on the other side of the river, the binoculars were struck by a French rifle bullet fired by a sniper from several hundred yards away, propelling metal and glass fragments into his left eye and causing severe damage. Six hours passed before he could be evacuated. Dayan lost the eye. In addition, the damage to the [[extraocular muscles]] was such that Dayan could not be fitted with a [[Ocular prosthetic|glass eye]], and he was compelled to adopt the black [[eye patch]] that became his trademark.<ref name=dayaneyer />
<!--On the recommendation of an Australian officer, he received the [[Distinguished Service Order]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} one of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]]'s highest military honours and a medal that is awarded to [[junior officer]]s only in exceptional circumstances.-->

Letters from this time revealed that despite losing his left eye and suffering serious injuries to the area where the eye was located, Dayan still pleaded with Wilson to be reenlisted in combat.<ref name=dayaneyer /> He also underwent eye surgery in 1947 at a hospital in Paris, which proved to be unsuccessful.<ref name=dayaneyer />

In the years immediately following, the disability caused him some psychological pain.<ref>Cited by Katzberg, 1988</ref> Dayan wrote in his autobiography: "I reflected with considerable misgivings on my future as a cripple without a skill, trade, or profession to provide for my family." He added that he was "ready to make any effort and stand any suffering, if only I could get rid of my black eyepatch. The attention it drew was intolerable to me. I preferred to shut myself up at home, doing anything, rather than encounter the reactions of people wherever I went."<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 27, 2015|title=Letters describing Dayan losing his eye to be auctioned|work=[[Times of Israel]]|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/letters-describing-dayan-losing-eye-to-be-auctioned/|access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref>