Biography of george c marshall
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Early Years
George Catlett Marshall Jr. was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on December 31, 1880, the fourth child of George Catlett Marshall and Laura Bradford Marshall. His father, a businessman, was distantly related to the U.S.
Supreme Court chief justice John Marshall.
Biography of george c marshall
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.
In 1930 he married Katherine Brown, a widow with three children.
From 1902 until 1916, Marshall served in the Philippines twice and on several stateside army posts, including Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he graduated first in his class at the cavalry school.
In his many assignments, Marshall was recognized for his leadership and his talent for staff work, working amicably with senior generals, National Guard units, and civilians. Such experi