Naomi Kantey

Biography

Naomi Kantey was an American volunteer who served in Israel’s War of Independence. A veteran U.S. Navy nurse, she served in the Israel Medical Corps during 1948, posted in Jaffa, the Negev and Haifa.

In Israel she married South African Machalnik Jimmy Kantey. He took part in the capture of Lod and Ramle, where he was severely wounded, and later carried out weapons purchasing in Italy for Israel.

Naomi Kantey died on 6 July 2015. She lived in Teaneck, New Jersey.