Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet upon his return from the Wake Island Conference. From left to right Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greeted by members of his Cabinet and staff upon his return from the conference on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Truman, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (partly obscured), and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shaking hands with Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall upon the President's return from the Wake Island Conference, as Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder look on. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to World War II veteran Colonel Justice M. Chambers, United States Marine Corps Reserve for gallant action on Iwo Jima, February, 1945. Also present is Secretary of Defense George Marshall (front row, left). Others are unidentified.

Former Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from right) with President Harry S. Truman (second from left) at the Library of Congress, on the occasion of receiving the first copy of Volume One of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," published by Princeton University Press, from Harold W. Dodds (far right), president of Princeton University.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and former Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from right) at the Library of Congress, on the occasion of the President's receiving the first copy of Volume One of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," published by Princeton University Press, from Harold W. Dodds (far right), president of Princeton University.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Paul Hoffmann, and Averell Harriman confer in the Oval Office on the Marshall Plan.

Former Secretary of State George C. Marshall arriving at the Blair House in Washington, D.C. for a dinner in honor of Winston Churchill. Other man is unidentified.

In his office, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (second from left) presents the Certificate of Appreciation, the highest award of the Department of Defense for civilian service, to Assistant Secretary of Defense Marx Leva (third from left), whose resignation was accepted by President Truman on April 12, 1951. Witnessing the presentation are Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett (extreme left) and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley (extreme right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman with members of the National Security Council. From left to right, clockwise around the table: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Sidney Souers; National Security Resources Board Chairman Arthur M. Hill; Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Hillenkoetter; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney. The two men seated at the back are Major General A.