After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , the 27th Division deployed to Hawaii . There , Marcus organized and commanded a Ranger Combat Training School , to provide troop training in techniques of unarmed defense to combat Japanese infiltration tactics . But instead of a field command , Marcus was sent to Washington in 1943 . He was assigned to the Civil Affairs Division , as chief of planning for occupation governments in territories liberated from the Axis . He accompanied U.S. delegations to the conferences at Cairo , Teheran , Yalta , and Potsdam , and helped draw up the 1943 surrender terms for Italy
Potsdam
Potsdam Conference
Mickey Marcus