USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -George Catlett Marshall, (born December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.-died October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), 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).

Detailed explanation-2: -George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880-October 16, 1959), America’s foremost soldier during World War II, served as chief of staff from 1939 to 1945, building and directing the largest army in history.

Detailed explanation-3: -He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington in 1901, having risen to captain of cadets, and entered the U.S. Army the following year as a second lieutenant. In that year he also married Elizabeth Carter Coles, who died in 1927; they had no children.

Detailed explanation-4: -In July, 1938, Marshall accepted a post with the General Staff in Washington, D. C., and in September, 1939, was named chief of staff, with the rank of general, by President Roosevelt. He became general of the army in 1944, the year in which Congress created that five-star rank.