In Modern Memory
General J. Lawton Collins aka "Lightning Joe Collins", regarded Maurice Rose "as the top notch division commander in the business at the time of his death." However, Rose never gained the prominence of many of his contemporaries, for any of several reasons, including the fact that he did not survive the war, and as an intensely private man, he rarely if ever sought personal publicity.
His biographers have stated that he is "World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander". Andy Rooney, a World War II war correspondent and later 60 Minutes commentator, wrote the following about General Rose in his book "My War":
Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, who had been with the Second Armored Division at Saint-Lô, was now the commander of the Third Armored and he may have been the best tank commander of the war. He was a leader down where they fight. Not all great generals were recognized. Maurice Rose was a great one and had a good reputation among the people who knew what was going on, but his name was not in the headlines as Patton's so often was. Rose led from the front of his armored division.
The Army transport USAT General Maurice Rose, the Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado and the MG Maurice Rose United States Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown, CT are named in his honor. The Maurice Rose Army Airfield was in Bonames, north of Frankfurt, Germany. Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany
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