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  1. 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.

  2. David Daniel Mickey Marcus, a tough Brooklyn street kid, rose by virtue of his courage and intelligence to help save Israel in 1948 and become its first general since Judah Maccabee. After a distinguished career in military and public service to the United States, the 46-year-old Marcus wrote his name forever in the annals of Israeli history.

  3. Aug 28, 2021 · NEW YORK (JTA) — Just like “Goodnight Moon” or “The Cat In the Hat,” the story of Mickey Marcus is one I know by heart, one that has reverberated in my head since I was a little girl. Though he died long before I was born, “Uncle Mickey” was still very much a presence in...

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  5. Jun 12, 2006 · David ‘MickeyMarcus. Israel's greatest military commander since Judas Maccabeus -- David 'Mickey' Marcus -- was accidentally killed by one of his own troops. On a warm July day in 1948, a funeral was held at the U.S. Military Academy in New York for David Daniel Marcus, class of 1924. In many ways it was a typical West Point funeral, with ...

  6. Donate. David Daniel “MickeyMarcus, a tough Brooklyn street kid, rose by virtue of his courage and intelligence to save Israel in 1948 and become it first general. Born to immigrant parents in 1901, Marcus grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, where, to defend himself against neighborhood bullies, he learned to box.

  7. Jan 5, 2024 · (National Library of Israel) Mickey Marcus was a larger-than-life personality in both the U.S. Army during World War II and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, memorialized by Israel as its War of Independence.

  8. Nov 11, 2015 · David Daniel “MickeyMarcus (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...

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