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The Long Gray Line Ends in Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY The final resting place of David "Mickey" Marcus stands out in the West Point cemetery as the only Jewish officer who died under another nation's flag. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityZionismWorld War IiHaganahIsrael Defense ForcesFriendly FireWest PointNuremberg TrialsBurma RoadDavid Mickey Marcus

Places mentioned

West Point, New York, United States
"Rising above the picturesque Hudson River Valley, immortalized in the stories of Washington Irving, is the United States Military Academy at West Point."
Israel
"General Marcus endeavored to create an Israeli version of the Burma Road supply line in World War II, through which the US replenished Chiang Kai-sheks Chinese divisions to bypass the Japanese naval blockade."
Iasi, Iași, Romania
"Mordechai and Leah Marcus came to the United States from Iasi, Romania, at the end of the 19th century."

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