Cast a Giant Shadow: The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save JerusalemColonel David "Mickey" Marcus--after serving his country with distinction in World War II--responded to the appeal of a beleaguered country in the Middle East and became one of the truly great heroes of modern Israel, the only soldier interred at West Point who was killed while fighting under a foreign flag. |
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