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

Left to Right: Standing Beside an unidentified man, General George C. Marshall accepts a handshake from U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts. Mr. Watts is handing him a Smokey Bear sign which reads, "Gen. Marshall.. Thanks for Helping Prevent Forest Fires. Smokey."

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Paul G. Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administrator; and W. Averell Harriman, Economic Cooperation Administration Roving Ambassador, discuss western European affairs and the Marshall Plan at a conference in the President's office today. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman holds the original surrender document signed by the Japanese dignitaries aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Standing from left to right are: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General George C. Marshall, and President Truman. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes General George Marshall and William Pawley to The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; General Marshall; William Pawley.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet leave the White House following an official ceremony welcoming President Miguel Aleman of Mexico. From left to right: Secretary of State George Marshall, Secretary of the Navy James Forestall, and Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets Secretary of State George Marshall with other members of his Cabinet upon his return form the London Foreign Ministers Conference. From left to right; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, Attorney General Tom Clark (background, mostly obscured) and Secretary Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman (left) greets Secretary of State George Marshall (right) after Marshall's return from the Big Four Ministers Conference in London, England.

Conferring with his chief Advisors on International Affairs, President Harry S. Truman decided that the European Recovery Program, or the Marshall Plan, be continued on a large scale. Seated in President Truman's office from left to right are President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George Marshall, Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman, and Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

From left to right, newly sworn in Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, and outgoing Secretary of State James F. Byrnes have a good laugh. Visible in the background between General Marshall and President Truman is Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Visible in the background behind Mr. Byrnes is Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

George C. Marshall (left) is taking the oath for the position of Secretary of State, as President Harry S. Truman (center, background) looks on. Marshall is sworn in by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (right). Visible in the background behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenburg (partially obscured by Marshall's shoulder), Rear Admiral James Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.