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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:

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

Sketch of Omaha Beach. June 1944. Troops reaching summit of hill are greeted by fellow GIs assigned to the beach.
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Omaha Beach. June 1944. Troops reaching summit of hill are greeted by fellow GIs assigned to the beach.

Sketch of First Army headquartered in an orchard. Normandy. June 13, 1944.
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Sketch of First Army headquartered in an orchard. Normandy. June 13, 1944

Therese Bonney Book Reviews 2
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Therese Bonney Book Reviews 2