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

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to World War II veteran Colonel Justice M. Chambers, United States Marine Corps Reserve for gallant action on Iwo Jima, February, 1945. Also present is Secretary of Defense George Marshall (front row, left). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front, second from left, holding paper) stands outside the White House with Colonel Justice M. Chambers of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and his family, on the occasion of Colonel Chambers receiving the Medal of Honor. Also present is Secretary of Defense George Marshall (front row, left). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greeted by members of his Cabinet and staff upon his return from the conference on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, unidentified (partly obscured by Snyder), Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and General Omar Bradley. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet upon his return from the Wake Island Conference. From left to right Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greeted by members of his Cabinet and staff upon his return from the conference on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Truman, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (partly obscured), and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shaking hands with Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall upon the President's return from the Wake Island Conference, as Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder look on. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to World War II veteran Colonel Justice M. Chambers, United States Marine Corps Reserve for gallant action on Iwo Jima, February, 1945. Also present is Secretary of Defense George Marshall (front row, left). Others are unidentified.

Former Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from right) with President Harry S. Truman (second from left) at the Library of Congress, on the occasion of receiving the first copy of Volume One of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," published by Princeton University Press, from Harold W. Dodds (far right), president of Princeton University.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and former Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from right) at the Library of Congress, on the occasion of the President's receiving the first copy of Volume One of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," published by Princeton University Press, from Harold W. Dodds (far right), president of Princeton University.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Paul Hoffmann, and Averell Harriman confer in the Oval Office on the Marshall Plan.