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George C. Marshall. General of the Army. December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1969. George C. Marshall, 1946. U.S. Army. It has been said that courage can be contagious. Those who served under General George C. Marshall would add that his additional characteristics—that of quiet dignity, effective communication, and the belief in the good of one ...
George Marshall amerikai vezérkari főnök jelentése a hadügyminiszterhez az 1943. július 1-jétől 1945. június 30-ig terjedő kétéves időszakról; ford. Éber Ernő; Franklin, Bp., 1946. A Marshall-Ház Vancouverben. A Marshall-terv első oldala.
George C. Marshall, (born Dec. 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army officer and statesman. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute, he served in the Philippines (1902–03) and in World War I. He was later an aide to Gen. John Pershing (1919–24) and assistant commandant of the army ...
The Nobel Peace Prize 1953. Born: 31 December 1880, Uniontown, PA, USA. Died: 16 October 1959, Washington, D.C., USA. Residence at the time of the award: USA. Role: General President American Red Cross; ex-Secretary of State and of Defense; Delegate U.N.; Originator of Marshall Plan. Prize motivation: “for proposing and supervising the plan ...
Winston Churchill praised George Marshall highly in the aftermath, calling him “the organiser of victory.” "I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war." - George C. Marshall: Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1953. Read the full lecture . General George Catlett Marshall, ca 1944. Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cadet George C. Marshall, front row, third from left, at Virginia Military Institute in 1901. In the remaining years before the Great War, Marshall undertook routine assignments. He took extended leave twice, first to watch the British Army train in the United Kingdom and later to tour Russo-Japanese War battlefields in Asia and discuss tactics ...
General George C. Marshall, 1947. Dutch National Archives As V-E Day drew to a close, Secretary of War Henry Stimson gathered a group of top generals and officials in his office and sent for Army ...
