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Colorado will build a statue to memorialize World War II Major General Maurice Rose. State lawmakers announced the project Tuesday. Rose was the highest-ranking Jewish soldier in U.S. history. He grew up in Denver with his family and was also a veteran of the First World War. One of the city's biggest hospitals is named after him.