The word “war crime” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Mickey" Marcus (22 February 1901 – 10 June 1948) was a United States Army colonel -- later Israel 's first general -- who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil affairs policies, including the organization of the war crimes trials in Germany and in Japan , . He assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War -- one of the well known Israeli Machal soldiers -- becoming Israel's first modern general ( Hebrew : Aluf ). He was killed by friendly fire . He was portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow , which focused on his role in the Israeli war. Ben Gurion named Mickey Marcus Lieutenant General, the first general in the army of Israel in nearly two thousand years. Cast a Giant Shadow . Doubleday. : Invalid |ref=harv ( help ) .1 Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus. It was the source for the movie by the same name.
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David Daniel Marcus ( 1902 - 1948 ), commonly known as Mickey Marcus , was a Jewish United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 War of Independence and who became Israel's first Brigadier General . Micky Marcus in Israel Marcus is the best known Israeli Machal (the Hebrew acronym for "volunteers from outside Israel") soldier, glorified in a 1966 Hollywood movie with Kirk Douglas as Marcus in Cast a Giant Shadow .
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David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (22 February 1901–11 June 1948) was a United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and who became Israel's first general ( Hebrew : Aluf ).He was killed by friendly fire , when he was mistaken for an enemy infiltrator while returning to Israeli positions at night.Marcus is the best known Israeli Machal (the Hebrew acronym for Mitnadvei Chutz Laaretz /"volunteers from outside Israel") soldier.He was portrayed in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow that starred Kirk Douglas as Marcus.Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus.It was the source for the movie by the same name.
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David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (22 February 1901 – 10 June 1948) was a United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and who became Israel's first modern general ( Hebrew : Aluf ). He was killed by friendly fire , when he was mistaken for an enemy infiltrator while returning to Israeli positions at night. Marcus is the best known Israeli Machal soldier. He was portrayed in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow that starred Kirk Douglas as Marcus. Ben Gurion named Mickey Marcus Lieutenant General, the first general in the army of Israel in nearly two thousand years. Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus. It was the source for the movie by the same name.
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Israeli general For other people with the same name, see David Marcus (disambiguation) . David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (22 February 1901 – 10 June 1948) was a United States Army colonel , later Israel 's first General, who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil affairs policies, including the organization of the war crimes trials in Germany and in Japan . He assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , one of the well known Israeli Machal soldiers, becoming Israel's first modern general ( Hebrew : Aluf ). He was killed by friendly fire . He was portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow , which focused on his role in the Israeli war. Ben Gurion named Mickey Marcus Lieutenant General, the first general in the army of Israel in nearly two thousand years. Cast a Giant Shadow . Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus. It was the source for the movie by the same name.
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American-Israeli military general (1901-1948) For other people with the same name, see David Marcus (disambiguation) . David Daniel " Mickey " Marcus (February 22, 1901 – June 10, 1948) was a United States Army colonel , later Israel 's first general, who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil-affairs policies, including the organization of the war-crimes trials in Germany and in Japan . He assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , one of the well-known Israeli Machal soldiers, becoming Israel's first modern general ( Hebrew : Aluf ). He was killed by friendly fire . He was portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow , which focused on his role in the Israeli war. Ben Gurion named Mickey Marcus Lieutenant General, the first general in the army of Israel in nearly two thousand years. Cast a Giant Shadow . Berkman's biography is the only comprehensive biography of Marcus. It was the source for the movie by the same name.
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jewish united states army colonel who assisted israel during the 1948 war of independence and who became israel
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united states army colonel
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“war crime” now appears 2× under World War II, 22% of the way down the article
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