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Sir George Cathcart No. 617

George  Catlett  Marshall. (1880–1959)

 

US General and Diplomat.

Nobel Prize Winner

 

 

 

He was army Chief of Staff in World War II, secretary of state 1947–49, and secretary of defence Sept 1950–Sept 1951. He foresaw the inevitability of US involvement in the war and prepared the army well for it.                                                                         

He initiated the Marshall Aid Plan in 1947 to aid European economic recovery and received the Nobel Peace Prize 1953.

                                                                                                                                  

 Bro. George was made mason "at sight" on the 16th. Dec. 1941. by The Grand Master of The District of Columbia.

 

                                                                                                                                

Stamps Issued:- Germany 1960.  S.G. 1258.