WWII North Africa photo below from Jim MacClay, Web Staff HOME PAGE THE GEN. ROSE BIOGRAPHY A "must-read" for Spearhead veterans & devotees Co-authors: Steven L. Ossad & Don R. Marsh   The event pictured below in Tunisia, North Africa in 1943, as well as Rose's full military career, is described in fascinating detail in the 2006 reissue of "Major General Maurice Rose - World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander." Further details below.   PHOTOS ABOVE (wide shot and a zoom in) show two German staff officers and Colonel Maurice Rose (at arrow) leaving a 1st Armored Division Command Post near Ferryville, Tunisia, on May 9, 1943. They began a trip by a 2-vehicle U.S. convoy into German lines where Rose would negotiate the unconditional surrender of a sizable portion of the Afrika Korps. Then 1st Armored's Chief of Staff, he was instrumental as the principal negotiator of the first major surrender of Axis forces to Americans in World War II. (Wire Service photo from Jim MacClay, Web Staff) "Major General Maurice Rose - World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander" Co-authors: Steven L. Ossad & Don R. Marsh   The book, originally issued in 2003 as a hardcover, is now a 6x9-inch, 436-page softcover. The publisher is Taylor Trade Publishing of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, New York, City. It carries a list price of $18.95. Online booksellers, such as Amazon, Booksamillion (BAMA), Borders, and Barnes & Noble are offering discounted prices in the $12 - $13 range. From the original dust jacket of the book: "In this outstanding, first-rate biography, Ossad and Marsh have chronicled the life of an authentic hero. Their thorough investigation reveals, for the first time, a full account of Rose's untimely death in 1945. Highly recommended." - Carlo D'Este, best-selling author of Eisenhower:A Soldier's Life and Patton: A Genius for War. "A complete and compelling narrative that covers the brilliant career of Major General Maurice Rose, from his roots in Colorado, through his service on the Mexican border and during World War I, and culminating in his leadership of one of World War II's finest fighting outfits, the 3rd Armored Division." - Gerald Astor, author of The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945 and The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military.  The authors: Steven L. Ossad (left) & Don R. Marsh in 1996, during early stage of research for the book. Return to Top