What is George Marshall?
{{Nobelprize|Peace}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = <small>[[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]]</small> |name = George Catlett Marshall |honorific-suffix = |image = General George C. Marshall, official military photo, 1946.JPEG |imagesize = 250px |order1 = 50th |title1 = [[United States Secretary of State]] |term_start1 = January 21, 1947 |term_end1 = January 20, 1949 |president1 = [[Harry S. Truman]] |predecessor1 = [[James F. Byrnes]] |successor1 = [[Dean Acheson]] |order2 = 3rd |title2 = [[United States Secretary of Defense]] |term_start2 = September 21, 1950 |term_end2 = September 12, 1951 |president2 = [[Harry S. Truman]] |predecessor2 = [[Louis A. Johnson]] |successor2 = [[Robert A. Lovett]] |order3 = 15th |title3 = [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|United States Army Chief of Staff]] |term_start3 = September 1, 1939 |term_end3 = November 18, 1945 |preceded3 = [[Malin Craig]] |succeeded3 = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|12|31|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]], [[Pennsylvania]] |death_date ={{death date and age|1959|10|16|1880|12|31|mf=y}} |death_place =[[Washington, D.C.]] |signature = George C Marshall Signature.svg |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Katherine Boyce Tupper<br/>Elizabeth Carter Cole |alma_mater = [[Virginia Military Institute]] |profession = [[Soldier]]<br/>[[Statesman]] | allegiance = {{flagicon|USA|1959}} United States of America | branch = [[United States Army]] | serviceyears = 1902–1945 also through to 1959 (General of the Army regulations) | rank = [[File:US-O11 insignia.svg|35px]] [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] | commands = [[File:Flag US Army Chief of Staff.svg|35px]][[Chief of Staff of the United States Army]] | battles = [[Philippine–American War]]<br/>[[World War