GEORGE C. MARSHALL
Name: George C. Marshall
Born: 31 December 1880 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Died: 16 October 1959 Washington, D.C.
George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959) was an
American military leader, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense.
Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership
of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall supervised the U.S. Army
during the war and was the chief military adviser to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. As Secretary of State he gave his name to the Marshall Plan, for
which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
George C. Marshall was born into a middle-class family in Uniontown,
Pennsylvania. Marshall was a scion of an old Virginia family, as well as a
distant relative of former Chief Justice John Marshall. Marshall graduated from
the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), where he was initiated into the Kappa
Alpha Order, in 1901.
Following graduation from VMI, Marshall was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. Until World War I, he was posted to various positions in the US
and the Philippines, and was trained in modern warfare. During the war, he had
roles as a planner of both training and operations. He went to France in the
summer of 1917 as the director of training and planning for the 1st Infantry
Division. In mid-1918, he was promoted to American Expeditionary Forces
headquarters, where he worked closely with his mentor General John J. Pershing
and was a key planner of American operations. He was instrumental in the design
and coordination of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which contributed to the defeat
of the German Army on the Western Front.
Name: George C. Marshall
Born: 31 December 1880 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Died: 16 October 1959 Washington, D.C.
George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959) was an
American military leader, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense.
Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership
of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall supervised the U.S. Army
during the war and was the chief military adviser to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. As Secretary of State he gave his name to the Marshall Plan, for
which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
George C. Marshall was born into a middle-class family in Uniontown,
Pennsylvania. Marshall was a scion of an old Virginia family, as well as a
distant relative of former Chief Justice John Marshall. Marshall graduated from
the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), where he was initiated into the Kappa
Alpha Order, in 1901.
Following graduation from VMI, Marshall was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. Until World War I, he was posted to various positions in the US
and the Philippines, and was trained in modern warfare. During the war, he had
roles as a planner of both training and operations. He went to France in the
summer of 1917 as the director of training and planning for the 1st Infantry
Division. In mid-1918, he was promoted to American Expeditionary Forces
headquarters, where he worked closely with his mentor General John J. Pershing
and was a key planner of American operations. He was instrumental in the design
and coordination of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which contributed to the defeat
of the German Army on the Western Front.