Annual remember George Marshall Thread

All the man wanted was to be a General for WW2 but was such a genius that Roosevelt wouldn't let him. Roosevelt wanted Marshall around him at all times to better influence the situation of the wholenUS war effort.


Army Chief of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State


When Marshall was a young officer, his superior officer said "would i rather him serve under me again? Yes, but I'd rather serve under him."

General Hagood called him a "military genius."

From Wikipedia:
In a television interview after leaving office, Harry S. Truman was asked which American he thought had made the greatest contribution of the preceding thirty years. Without hesitation, Truman picked Marshall, adding "I don't think in this age in which I have lived, that there has been a man who has been a greater administrator; a man with a knowledge of military affairs equal to General Marshall."[56]


Also from Wikipedia:
Orson Welles said in an interview with Dick Cavett that "Marshall is the greatest man I ever met... I think he was the greatest human being who was also a great man... He was a tremendous gentleman, an old fashioned institution which isn't with us anymore."[57]