April 22, 2021 An Expectation of Professionalism Newly promoted Col. George Marshall had only been commanding officer at Fort Moultrie, SC, for a few months in an…
April 9, 2021 “Avoid trivia.” George Marshall was sworn in as Secretary of State January 21, 1947, just after he returned from working as Special…
March 17, 2021 “They Were Americans Before All Else”: Col. Marcus Ray and Gen. Marshall Marcus Hannan Ray was born in Chicago to Randall and Ada Ray in 1904. Randall was a porter for the…
December 17, 2020 “I Am Interested in the Soldier Having His Pants” While a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, George Marshall studied military history and tactics, and was doubtless familiar with…
November 12, 2020 Infantry School: “An almost complete revamping of the instruction and technique” Lt. Col. George Marshall had just taken a position teaching at Army War College in Washington, D.C., when his wife,…
May 27, 2020 The Battle of Cantigny in the words of Lt. Col. George C. Marshall After the United States declared war on the Central Powers April 6, 1917, the first U.S. troops arrived in France…
February 28, 2020 Marshall’s Silver Star George Marshall never led troops into battle, and this fact disappointed him. In World War I, though he asked to…
December 19, 2019 Two Handshakes, 120 Years of Cadet Leadership Although he was not an outstanding student at the Virginia Military Institute, George Marshall proved to be a leader among…
