David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus 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.
Mickey Marcus
US Col. Mickey Marcus in 1948, the first modern Israeli general (Aluf)
Memorial plaque for Colonel David Marcus at Union Temple of Brooklyn
Mahal, more often spelled Machal, refers to the group of overseas volunteers who fought alongside Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Some 4,000 volunteers, mostly Jews but also non-Jews, arrived from all over the world. Mahal is an acronym of מתנדבי חוץ לארץ.
French Mahal volunteers in the Negev during Operation Horev
Mahal memorial (Shaar HaGai)
Inscription on Mahal memorial in Israel
Mahal Street, Jerusalem