GEORGE C MARSHALL 1880 1959 ARMY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE MARSHALL GEORGE C 1880 1959 WORLD WAR II KOREAN WAR FOREIGN POLICY U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GLOBAL RELATIONS GEORGE MARSHALL BORN IN UNIONTOWN PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE C MARSHALL GRADUATED FROM THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN 1901 HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THEN ROSE THROUGH THE ARMY'S RANKS IN WORLD WAR I MARSHALL WAS CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE 1ST DIVISION THE FIRST UNIT TO GO TO FRANCE AFTER THE WAR HE SERVED AS AN AIDE TO GENERAL JOHN J PERSHING AND THEN AS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE INFANTRY SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 1 1939 THE DAY GERMANY INVADED POLAND MARSHALL WAS SWORN IN AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE U.S ARMY AND LED THE ARMY THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN 1947 PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN NAMED MARSHALL SECRETARY OF STATE LATER THAT YEAR MARSHALL PROPOSED A EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE MARSHALL PLAN IN 1950 TRUMAN MADE MARSHALL SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO HELP PREPARE THE ARMED FORCES FOR THE KOREAN WAR MARSHALL WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1953 FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
