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George C. Marshall: Interviews and Reminiscences for Forrest C. Pogue

Interview Notes

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The Six Interviews

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Introduction
Tape 01 – Childhood in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1880-90s
Tape 02 – Childhood in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1880-90s – Family background and parents.
Tape 03 – The Virginia Military Institute and Lexington, Virginia, 1897-01; influences on later life; home life.
Tape 04 – Philippine assignment, 1902-03; Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory; Texas mapping expedition.
Tape 05 – Fort Reno; Leavenworth schools, 1906-10, National Guard service, 1908-12; Philippine assignment, 1913-16; aide to General Bell, 1916-17.
Tape 06 – Preparedness and mobilization duties, 1916-17; First Division and France, 1916-1917; General Pershing; GHQ Duties; Madame Jouette.
Tape 07 – World War I: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; First Division, French Leaders; MacArthur; aide to Pershing, 1919-24
Tape 08 – National Guard, 1939-41; relations with the British and the Army Air Corps
Tape 09 – Mobilization problems, 1939-41; Atlantic Conference, 1941; relations with the British.
Tape 10 – Mobilization problems, 1940-41; draft; relations with the Congress and the Army Air Corps
Tape 11 – Tunisia, 1943; relations with the British, the Congress, and the French; Army appropriations, 1941; Marshall Plan Speech, 1947; Secretary of Defense, 1950; relations with Stalin.
Tape 12 – Morning briefings, 1944-45; Arcadia Conference; China Mission, 1946; Pacific strategy
Tape 13 – World War II; Eisenhower and Patton, 1944; logistics and manpower problems; Battle of the Bulge; Malta and Yalta Conferences.
Tape 14 – Ultra leak to Dewey, 1944; Dill-Marshall relationship; politics and the JCS; relations with FDR; atomic bomb development and use
Tape 15 – Pacific theater operations; Leahy and the JCS; relations with Hopkins, King, Somervell; intelligence failures; war and democratic society; weapons development; Civil Affairs School; information and films for soldiers
Tape 16 – Elite units; qualities of U.S. and other soldiers; atomic bomb development; mobilization problems; media relations; moral problems.
Tape 17 – Demobilization problems; 1945; African-American soldiers; relations with FDR.
Tape 18 – Marshall Plan; lessons of World War I; reforming the Infantry School, 1927-32; Patton
Tape 19 – Churchill’s Balkan Plans; Marshall Plan; State Dept. reorganization; MacArthur and Pacific Strategy; Lend Lease.

Collection Formats:

Enlisted men’s barracks, January 15,
Author: Army Signal Corps
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Enlisted men’s barracks, Ft. Howard, MD

Photographs

Arthur Palfrey Terry Biography
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Captain Arthur Palfrey Terry Biography

Gleason and Margaret Wilson Biography
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GLEASON AND MARGARET WILSON COLLECTION

President Kennedy’s letter to General Bradley, February 27, 1962

Dodona Library Inventory

An inventory of George C. Marshall’s personal library at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Va.

True Comics #61

A vintage comic featuring General George C. Marshall.

True Comics #61

True Comics #4

A vintage comic featuring General George C. Marshall.

True Comics #4

Picture News Vol. 1 #3, 1946

A comic featuring General George C. Marshall.

Picture News Vol. 1 #3

It Really Happened #7

“Picture Stories of Popular Heroes” This comic features General George C. Marshall.

American Artists Month (Marshall Foundation Blog)
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American Artists Month GCMF Blog