Major General Maurice Rose
4th - 3d Armored Division Commander
August 1944 - March 1945
Killed in Action 31 March 1945

On 31 March 1945, MG Rose was leading the 3d Armored Division in attacking a German tank training center outside Paderborn, Germany. MG Rose was at the head of the column in his jeep. Turning a corner, his driver ran into the rear of a German Tiger Tank. The German tank commander, about 18 years old, opened his turret hatch and leveled his sub machinegun at MG Rose, yelling to him apparently to surrender. (2) Rose, his driver, and his aide got out of the jeep and put their hands in the air. For some reason, the tank commander became extremely agitated, and kept pointing to MG Rose and hollering at him while gesturing toward Rose's pistol. Rose lowered his right hand to release his web belt and thus drop his holster to the ground. Apparently, the German tank commander thought he was drawing his pistol. In a screaming rage, the German fired his weapon. MG Rose was hit in the head and was killed instantly.

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