Remembering George Marshall, architect of the Marshall Plan
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Gen. George C. Marshall was Secretary of State after World War II, and in that capacity he led the effort to rebuild Europe after the war. Marshall was also a military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army and the third Secretary of Defense.
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On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signed legislation launching the Marshall Plan, a plan to rebuild Europe after World War II. Historian Mark Skoler discusses soldier and diplomat General George Marshall, who sold a war-weary America on that plan.
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