Marshall, Katherine Tupper, 1882-1978

Attendees at the Conference of WAC Staff Directors, held at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. First row, left to right: Major Evelyn B. Nicholson, Major Susan Gornick, Major Marion C. Lichty, Lieutenant Colonel Geraldine P. May, Captain Katheryn Painton, Captain Shirley Odell, Major Grace M. Barth, Colonel Westray B. Boyce, Lieutenant Colonel Helen Woods, Major Helen Hedekin, Major Margaret E. Perry, Major Ruth Kerr, Major Alice W. Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Mary Hallaren. Second row, left to right: Major Eleanor J.

Attendees at the Conference of WAC Staff Directors, held at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. First row, left to right: Major Evelyn B. Nicholson, Major Susan Gornick, Major Marion C. Lichty, Lieutenant Colonel Geraldine P. May, Captain Katheryn Painton, Captain Shirley Odell, Major Grace M. Barth, Colonel Westray B. Boyce, Lieutenant Colonel Helen Woods, Major Helen Hedekin, Major Margaret E. Perry, Major Ruth Kerr, Major Alice W. Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Mary Hallaren. Second row, left to right: Major Eleanor J.

General George C. Marshall (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he received an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman. On the left is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (second woman from left). Seated behind Marshall is Secretary of War Henry Stimson (left) and President Truman (right). Seated on the right are Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.