A tribute to wartime hero Maurice Rose

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By Shanna Lewis
April 12, 2023
Major General Maurice Rose, Commanding General 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army, whose unit was first to enter the city of Cologne, makes a radio check-up on the position from his jeep in a Cologne street, on March 6, 1945. Major General Maurice Rose, Commanding General 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army, whose unit was first to enter the city of Cologne, makes a radio check-up on the position from his jeep in a Cologne street, on March 6, 1945. <p>AP Photo</p>
Major General Maurice Rose, Commanding General 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army, whose unit was first to enter the city of Cologne, makes a radio check-up on the position from his jeep in a Cologne street, on March 6, 1945.

A monument to a war hero will be dedicated Sunday in Denver's Lincoln Memorial Park. You may recognize his name: Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose. He led the Third Armored Division, known as Spearhead, and was killed on the battlefield near the end of World War II. One of Denver’s biggest hospitals was later named in his honor.

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