 Complete the following phrase:  Born in Tigveni, Argeș County, he was the son of a teacher. He attended Saint Sava National College in Bucharest, the school for soldiers sons in Iași and the Bucharest military school, from which he graduated in 1907 as head of his class, with the rank of second lieutet. After being promoted to lieutet 1910 and then captain 1915, Marinescu served during the Romanian Campaign of World War I in a Vânători de munte regiment. Promoted to major in April 1917, he distinguished himself in the 