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Marshall's Toughest Job Was His Last
A retrospective on General George C. Marshall’s troubled tenure as secretary of defense during the Korean War. The piece covers his clashes with MacArthur, Truman, and policy decisions on atomic weapons, plus his enduring sense of duty and postwar activities.
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Marshall
George C. Marshall
Defense
Elton C. Fay Washington
White House
State Department
MacArthur
Truman
Pacific
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Korea
Red China
Soviet Union
Lovett
Gen. Marshall
Leesburg
Washington
Defense Reorganization Board
American Battle Monuments Commission
Board of
National Geographic Socie
Europe
Pinehurst
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