George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880-1959) · United States · Politicians · Died at 78

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The only U.S. Army general to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Marshall rebuilt a shattered continent after helping to destroy the Axis. Churchill called him the "organizer of victory"; Truman handed him the wreckage of postwar Europe and told him to fix it.

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A life in dates

1959Died16 October 1959Charlemagne PrizeAward1953Nobel Peace PrizeAward1948“It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.”In their wordsOctober 1948Military Review (October 1948)Read the whole statement

“Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.”In their wordsOctober 1948Military Review (October 1948)Read the whole statement

1946“I would say - when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown.”In their wordsQuoted from Katherine Tupper Marshall, Together: Annals of an Army Wife (1946), p. 153Read the whole statement

1945“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.”In their words1 September 1945Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army (1 September 1945)Read the whole statement

“The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.”In their words1 September 1945Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army (1 September 1945)Read the whole statement

1943“Not one American soldier is going to die on that goddamned beach.”In their wordsNovember 1943reaction to Churchill's pitch at the Cairo Conference in November 1943 for the Americans to join in an assault on Rhodes. quoted by Correl,Read the whole statement

1880Born31 December 1880

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General George C. Marshall (4616939916)

"General George C. Marshall says "Buy your share of War Bonds through the Uniform Payroll Savings Plan" - NARA - 514348

13 pointe du hoc 1944 debarquement normandie

1900 VMI Keydets football team marshall encircled

Asked Pres. Coolidge to speak at the dedication of the First Division Monument Oct. 4, 1924. Left to right- Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, Commander of the First Div., Col. James A. Drain, former LCCN2016893296

Eisenhower Unveils Marshall Bust - GPN-2000-000059

Equestrian Statue of George C. Marshall

First Chairman of Reserve Forces Policy Board with Defense Secretary Marshall

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George Marshall

10 statements, newest first

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.
Oct 1948, Military Review (October 1948), Own words
Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.
Oct 1948, Military Review (October 1948), Own words
I would say - when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown.
1946, Quoted from Katherine Tupper Marshall, Together: Annals of an Army Wife (1946), p. 153, Own words

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Awards

Charlemagne Prize1959

Nobel Peace Prize1953

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite

Silver Star

Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Distinguished Service Medal

American Defense Service Medal

American Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Grand Cross of the Order of George I

Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Congressional Gold Medal

Grand Officer of the Order of the Sun of Peru

Order of Merit

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Croix de Guerre

Military Order of Italy

World War I Victory Medal

Family

Father George Catlett Marshall, Sr.

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Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and took a commission in the Infantry, serving in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War and rising through staff schools where he graduated first. He spent World War I planning American operations in France, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, then worked his way through interwar assignments - aide to Pershing, instructor, a stint modernizing the Infantry School's methods in 1927. When war returned in 1939 he became Chief of Staff and built the largest military expansion in U.S. history, coordinating Allied operations in both theaters until the surrender in 1945. Truman sent him to China to broker peace between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao; the mission failed. As Secretary of State he designed the economic reconstruction of Europe, the plan that bore his name, and in 1953 received the Nobel. He died in 1959 and was buried at Arlington.

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