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00:06:11 1 Early life
00:06:55 2 Early infantry career and the Philippines
00:08:55 3 World War I
00:11:56 4 Between the wars
00:16:48 5 World War II
00:17:56 5.1 Expands military force fortyfold
00:19:46 5.2 Replacement system criticized
00:23:11 5.3 Planned invasion of Europe
00:25:52 6 Analysis of Pearl Harbor intelligence failure
00:27:46 7 Post war: China
00:29:27 8 Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize
00:32:01 9 Secretary of Defense
00:33:17 9.1 Korean War
00:36:18 9.1.1 Relief of General MacArthur
00:39:01 10 Retirement
00:39:41 11 Death and burial
00:41:44 12 Reputation and legacy
00:44:55 13 Family life
00:48:36 14 Fictional portrayals
00:50:03 15 Dates of rank
00:50:12 16 Awards and decorations
00:50:23 16.1 U.S. military honors
00:50:30 16.2 Foreign orders
00:50:39 16.3 Foreign decorations and medals
00:50:50 16.4 Civilian honors
00:51:59 16.5 Namesakes
00:54:06 17 See also



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George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American statesman and soldier. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff 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 Allied victory in World War II, although Marshall declined a final field leadership position that went to his protege, later U.S. President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the war, as Secretary of State, Marshall advocated a significant U.S. economic and political commitment to post-war European recovery, including the Marshall Plan that bore his name. In recognition of this work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901. After serving briefly as commandant of students at the Danville Military Academy in Danville, Virginia, Marshall received his commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry in February, 1902. In the years after the Spanish–American War, he served in the United States and overseas in positions of increasing rank and responsibility, including platoon leader and company commander in the Philippines during the Philippine–American War. He was the Honor Graduate of his Infantry-Cavalry School Course in 1907, and graduated first in his 1908 Army Staff College class. In 1916 Marshall was assigned as aide-de-camp to J. Franklin Bell, the commander of the Western Department. After the United States entered World War I, Marshall served with Bell while Bell commanded the Department of the East. He was assigned to the staff of the 1st Division, and assisted with the organization's mobilization and training in the United States, as well as planning of its combat operations in France. Subsequently, assigned to the staff of the American Expeditionary Forces headquarters, he was a key planner of American operations including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
After the war, Marshall became an aide-de-camp to John J. Pershing, who was then the Army's Chief of Staff. Marshall later served on the Army staff, commanded the 15th Infantry Regiment in China, and was an instructor at the Army War College. In 1927, he 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. In 1932 and 1933 he commanded the 8th Infantry Regiment and Fort Screven, Georgia. Marshall commanded 5th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and Vancouver Barracks from 1936 to 1938, and received promotion to brigadier general. During this command, Marshall was also responsible for 35 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Oregon and sout ...

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