Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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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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si ' c •THE INSTITUTE •THE CORPS •THE CLASSES •THE ACTIVITIES •THE ATHLETICS