West Point will host a commemoration of North American volunteers who died in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Amir Ofek, an Israeli official in New York, will attend Sunday’s ceremonies honoring West Point graduate Col. David “Mickey” Marcus, in a program sponsored by the American Veterans of Israel. Marcus was one of 40 North American volunteers to die in Israel’s War of Independence.
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