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EXCERPTS FROM TRIBUTES TO GENERAL MARSHALL He fk ' voted his ciitii-c life lo selfless service to his nation. President Eisenhower (Before he died) The greatest livine Ameriean. Harry S. Truman General of the Army George Catlett Marshall ranks among the finest public servants this Nation has ever known. JVasIiington Post No man in our time outside the White House it- self wielded more influence or served his coimtry with greater distinction than George Catlett Marshall. The Lynchhurg Daily Advance He was a great man in every way; The American of our time. A ' e» ' Orleans Times-Picayune He was the one man, more than anybody else, who organized the manpower of the United States for war. Field Marshall Montgomery Twice in our time the new world has come to the rescue of the old, and each time the instrument of rescue was General George Catlett larshall. Londou Daily Mail One of the greatest Americans our country has ever produced. General Omar Bradley The nation ' s .sorrow at the death of George C. Marshall is eased only by its pride in having pro- duced so splendid a man and its gratitude in having been served so well by him. Baltimore Sun Pliotos from top to liottom: Marsliall as First Captain, Class of 1901; Witli General George Patton, ort ' North Africa, 1943; Cairo Conference, 1943; Southwest Pacific, 1943; Marshall Day at the Institute, 1951.
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mm General -Marshall as ( liief of Staff BIOGRAPHICAL RESUME Born at Uniontowii, Pennsylvania, on December 31, 1880. Graduated from Virginia Military Institute, Class of 19(11. Commissioned, Second Lieutenant, February, 190 ' 2. Honor Graduate, U. S. Infantry-Cavalrv School, 1907; . rniv Staff College, 1908. Promoted to Colonel (temporary) in . ugust, 1918, while with . merican Expeditionary Forces. Served as Chief of Staff, Eighth Armv Corps, and as . ide-de-Canip to General John J. Pershing, 1919- ' 24. . ssistant Commandant, Infantry School, Fort Benning, 19 27-3 ' 2. Promotion to Brigadier General, October 1, 1936. Chief of Staff ' , with rank of General, September 1, 1939. Promoted, General of the . rmy. December 16, 1944. Served as Chief of Start ' until November, 1945. pet al Representative of the President to Cliina with perso atik of . mf assador, November, 194.5, to -January ' , 1947. Secretary of State, -January -21, 1!)47, to -January 21, 1949. PrcsideTit of the American National Red Cross, 1949-50. Secretary of Defense, September 1 ' 2, 1950, to September 1 ' 2, 1951. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 1953. With the (loath of Genei-al Marshall on October 16, l!)o9, the Virginia Military In.stitute lo.st the services of its most distinguished graduate. There is no doubt as to the position his name will occupy throughout the free world for a long time to come. Marshall Daj- exercises on May 15, 1951
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