Marshall, George Catlett
George Catlett Marshalldied October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.
George C. Marshall.
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Secretary of State George C. Marshall in the documentary Soldier of Peace: …
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general of the army and U.S. Army chief of staff during World War II (1939–45) and later U.S. secretary of state (1947–49) and of defense (1950–51). The European Recovery Program he proposed in 1947 became known as the Marshall Plan. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1953.
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