| Mickey Marcus | |
|---|---|
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| Nama lahir | David Daniel Marcus |
| Julukan | "Mickey" |
| Lahir | 22 Februari 1901 Manhattan, New York |
| Meninggal | 10 Juni 1948 (umur 47) Abu Ghosh, Israel |
| Dikebumikan | West Point Cemetery West Point, New York |
| Pengabdian |  Amerika Serikat Israel |
| Dinas/cabang |  Angkatan Darat Amerika SerikatHagana  Pasukan Pertahanan Israel |
| Lama dinas | 1924–1948 |
| Pangkat | Kolonel (Amerika Serikat) Aluf (IDF) |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia II |
David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (22 Februari 1901 – 10 Juni 1948) adalah seorang kolonel Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat – kemudian jenderal perdana Israel – yang menjadi arsitek utama kebijakan-kebijakan urusan sipil Perang Dunia II dalam militer AS,[1][2] termasuk organisasi pengadilan kejahatan perang di Jerman dan di Jepang.[1]
Ia membantu Israel pada Perang Arab-Israel 1948 – salah satu prajurit Machal Israel terkenal – menjadikannya jenderal modern pertama di Israel[2][3] (Ibrani: Aluf). Ia tewas dalam tembakan persahabatan. Ia diperankan oleh Kirk Douglas dalam film Hollywood tahun 1966 Cast a Giant Shadow, yang berkisah tentang perannya dalam perang Israel.[4]
Referensi
sunting- ^ a b Ossad, Steven L.: "Out of the Shadow and into the Light: Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus and U.S. Civil Affairs in World War II", pp.6-27, Winter, 2016, Army History, United States Army Center of Military History, retrieved May 2, 2020
- ^ a b Hockensmith, Bryan J., Managing Ed.: "Editor's Journal", p.2, Winter, 2016, Army History, United States Army Center of Military History, retrieved May 2, 2020
- ^ American Jewish Historical Society. "Mickey Marcus: Israel's American General". Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2012-03-29.
Ben Gurion named Mickey Marcus Lieutenant General, the first general in the army of Israel in nearly two thousand years.
- ^ Berkman, Ted (1962). Cast a Giant Shadow. Doubleday.. Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus. It was the source for the movie by the same name.
Pranala luar
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai David Marcus.
- "West Point Rites Honor Hero Commissioner/Col. 'Mickey' Marcus" (1999)
- Biography Diarsipkan 2021-04-15 di Wayback Machine., U.S. Army Special Operations Command
- "A Hero in Both America and Israel"
- "The Road to Jerusalem" — retracing the costly 1947–1948 battles to keep open the road to Jerusalem
- Cast a Giant Shadow with Dr. (Rev.) Miles Bateman, Ph.D, USAF (Retired) di YouTube testimony on YouTube.
