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George Marshall
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall Jr. was an American military officer and diplomat. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, then served as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under Truman. Winston Churchill lauded Marshall as the "organizer of victory" for his leadership of the A…
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Born 31 December 1880 · Died 16 October 1959 · Q151414
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2026· 3 entries
MaxPreps: Schedule - George C. Marshall Statesmen (Falls Church, VA) JV Football 26-27
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MaxPreps: Schedule - George C. Marshall Statesmen (Falls Church, VA) Girls Basketball 26-27
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2017· 1 entry
Jim Mattis became the second and in January 2021, General Lloyd Austin became the third
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2005· 1 entry
“George C. Marshall and the Marshall Plan: A Model of Transformational Diplomacy”
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1968· 1 entry
“George C. Marshall: Global Commander”
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1959· 13 entries
Died 1959-10-16.
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Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1959).
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“The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.”
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“The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our armed forces and our valuable material to be immobilized within the continental United States.”
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“Its purpose is to avoid war, not to provoke it,” he explained to his goddaughter, Rose Page Wilson. The deterrence factor was vital. “The only way to be sure of winning a third world war is to prevent it,” Marshall warned.”
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“When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.”
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“Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.”
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“Variant: Don't fight the problem. Decide it!”
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“Don’t fight the problem, decide it.”
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“I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.”
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“Frances Perkins recalled his saying, "The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”
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“But a war to prevent a third world war would be the Third World War, and Marshall had reached the conclusion that, "The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”
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And was buried with honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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1953· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1953).
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The only Army general ever to receive the honor
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1951· 1 entry
“I am naturally hesitant to become personally involved in individual personnel problems, but in this case, am deeply concerned about the overall morale factor if our foreign national cemeteries are not adequately maintained....”
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1950· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Secretary of Defense (1950–1951).
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1948· 1 entry
“The fact of the matter is that Lovett bears the principal burden as I get away whenever possible.”
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1947· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (1947–1949).
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“Marshall's motto read: "The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it." It was 1947.”
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1945· 1 entry
But remained on active duty, as required for holders of five-star rank
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1942· 1 entry
“The business of seeds and flowers tantalizes me because I have been an amateur gardener, both flower and vegetable, since a boy of ten. There is nothing I would so much prefer to do this spring as to turn my mind to the wholesome business of gardening rather than the terrible problems and tragedies of war.”
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1941· 3 entries
Dodona had previously served as a quiet weekend retreat for the busy couple
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Marshall became a Freemason, raised "at sight" by the grand master of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
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A selection-out body popularly known as the plucking board
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1939· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1939–1945).
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Marshall assumed the role of Chief of Staff in an acting capacity before his appointment to the position, which he held until the war's end in 1945
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1932· 2 entries
And 1933, he commanded the 8th Infantry Regiment and Fort Screven, Georgia
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Citation Stars were converted to the new award
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1927· 2 entries
Became assistant commandant of the Army's Infantry School, where he modernized command and staff processes, which proved to be of major benefit during World War II
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As a lieutenant colonel, he was appointed assistant commandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, where he initiated major changes to modernize command and staff processes, which proved to be of major benefit during
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1920· 1 entry
Marshall was awarded the Citation Star for his heroism during this battle
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1919· 1 entry
Became an aide-de-camp to General Pershing
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1917· 2 entries
“You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration — and vital is the correct meaning of the term — of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.”
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Marshall served with Bell, who commanded the Department of the East
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1916· 2 entries
Marshall was assigned as aide-de-camp to J
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Lieutenant Colonel Johnson Hagood completed a written evaluation of Marshall's performance in which he called Marshall a military genius
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1913· 1 entry
Marshall served as aide-de-camp to Major General J
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1908· 1 entry
Marshall was assigned as an instructor at the Fort Leavenworth Infantry-Cavalry School
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1907· 2 entries
And graduated first in his 1908 Army Staff College class
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And graduated first in his 1908 Army Staff College (now the United States Army War College) class
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1880· 1 entry
Born 1880-12-31.
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1875· 1 entry
His older brother Stuart Bradford Marshall (1875–1956) was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and became a manager and executive in several metal production corporations, including the American Manganese Manufacturing Company.
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