sentences:  When the Palmach was organized into battalions, the Palyam was attached to the Palmach's Staff Battalion (the 4th Battalion).Samek served in Company 'A' and was commander of two illegal immigration ships, "Haviva Reik", which sailed from Piraeus on May 28, 1946, and arrived in Palestine on June 8, 1946, with 462 passengers, and "Henrietta Szold", which sailed from Piraeus along with a second, smaller boat named "Rafi" (commanded by Palyam member Arieh (Kipi) Kaplan), and arrived in Palestine on August 12, 1946, with 536 passengers.The engines on "Henrietta Szold" failed and "Rafi" towed it to the Syrna Island Gulf, where they were delayed a few days until the problem was fixed.