The Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between 25 May and 18 July 1948, during the 1948
The police fort at Latrun
Jewish convoy making its way to Jerusalem below the Latrun Monastery. 1948.
US Col. Mickey Marcus in 1948, the first modern Israeli general (Aluf)
Yigal Allon, commander of the operations Yoram and Danny. During the 1948 War he also commanded Operation Yiftach and Operation Horev.
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 org
US Col. Mickey Marcus in 1948, the first modern Israeli general (Aluf)
Memorial plaque for Colonel David Marcus at Union Temple of Brooklyn