Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose is the namesake of Rose Medical Center
Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, killed in World War II and the namesake of Rose Medical Center, was raised in Denver the son of a rabbi.
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Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, killed in World War II and the namesake of Rose Medical Center, was raised in Denver the son of a rabbi.
After the Germans trapped the 101st Airborne Division in Carenton, France, in July 1944, Gen. Maurice Rose led his troops to the rescue. A soldier under Rose’s command told Marshall Fogel (JD ’65) how he lost sight of the general as the troops moved out for the attack. “The reason I don’t see him is he’s leading us into battle. I couldn’t believe it,” the soldier said. A 10-foot-tall bronze statue now stands in Denver’s Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park to honor Rose. But the general would have been a long-shot candidate for such fanfare when he dropped out of Denver’s East High...
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