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Article: George Marshall's influence was felt through WWII and on into the Cold War. (Originated from Boston Globe)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- August 25, 1994
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During the late summer of 1944, legendary warriors swaggered along the front lines of World War II and on the front pages of newspapers and magazines around the world: Eisenhower and Montgomery; Bradley and Patton; MacArthur and Nimitz; Halsey and Stilwell. In Eastern Europe, Stalin's armies were pressing relentlessly toward Berlin.
As epic event followed epic event _ the liberation of Paris in August, the invasion of the Philippines in the fall, the Battle of the Bulge in early winter, the final drive toward Berlin and the island fighting along the road to Tokyo _ a no-nonsense American general kept track of every battle and casualty from his office in the Pentagon.
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... ... vague association with ''The Marshall Plan'' from history books ... including Harry Truman, considered George Marshall the greatest American of the 20th ... saluted and did as they were told. George Marshall's parents were born and raised ...
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