Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates. On tonight show, I'm going to read from a book.

The title of the book is The Man Eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures by John Henry Patterson.

It was written in 1907 and details events of his that he experienced in present-day Kenya, building a bridge over the River

Savo and his basically attempt to kill man-eating lions. The lines that he ended up killing

were stuffed and sold to the Fields Museum in Chicago where they are on display. It's a relatively short book,

but John Henry Patterson also had a pretty colorful life. He was known as the godfather

of both the Israeli army, and he was the literal godfather of Benjamin Netanyahu's brother,

Yoni, who was a commander who died on what's known as the Radon Antebi after Palestinian militants hijacked a plane and flew

it to Idiot means Uganda and members of the Israeli special forces traveled down there to rescue them.

He was the only person who died.

He was disinterred after he died in the United States and reburied in Jerusalem.

He said he wanted to be buried amongst the forces that he led.

And at a memorial ceremony about his life, Benjamin Netanyahu said the following, quote,

There is no exaggeration.

Patterson was the commander of the first Jewish fighting force in nearly two millennia,

and as such he can be called the godfather of the Israeli army.

There's a biography about Patterson by Dennis Bryan. The title is The Seven Lives of

of Colonel Patterson. And he was born in Irishman. He was born in 1867 in Forge,

Ney, Ireland. His mother was a Roman Catholic. His father was a Protestant. He studied and graduated as an officer in the British Army.

And with an emphasis on engineer, he was sent to Kenya. Like I said, the Savo River spelled T-S-A-V-O river in present-day Kenya during the colonial competition with other imperialist forces, namely Germany.

And this book will detail that. There may be some dated language. If I need to explain that, I will.

But like I said, he had a very interesting life.

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