George Marshall - History
George Marshall1880- 1959American GeneralGeorge Marshall was born on December 31, 1880 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Marshall attended the Virginia Military Academy or VMI . He was commissioned a second lieutenant in February 1902. Marshall rose rapidly through the hierarchy of the army elite. In 1938, he became chief of the War Plans Division and in the spring of 1939, Marshall was appointed Army Chief of Staff.