(H) General MacArthur, son of General 
Arthur MacArthur, spent time as a child at Ft. 
Leavenworth and later in his career, he taught 
as a Captain in the Field Engineering School, 
and served as the adjutant, quartermaster, and 
commanding officer of the 3d Engineer Bat-
talion (later reflagged as the 2d Engineer Bat-
talion). 
(13) GEORGE C. MARSHALL, GENERAL OF THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General George C. Marshall entered 
the Army from the Virginia Military Institute 
in 1902. 
(B) During a long career of public service, 
he distinguished himself as a leader, tactician, 
strategist, statesman, and, truly, as the ‘‘Orga-
nizer of Victory.’’ 
(C) In World War I, he was regarded as 
one of the most talented staff officers in the 
United States Army. 
(D) After that war, and throughout the 
many long and challenging duties of the 
interwar years, he was appointed United States 
Army Chief of the General Staff in 1939. 
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(E) During World War II, he achieved rec-
ognition as one of America’s greatest military 
leaders. 
(F) As chief strategist of that global war, 
he materially assisted in directing the Allied 
Powers to victory. 
(G) In 1947 he was appointed Secretary of 
State for the United States and his outstanding 
career as a statesman proved equal to his bril-
liant military career. 
(H) He was awarded the Nobel Peace 
Prize for his conception and implementation of 
the European Recovery Program, and, subse-
quently, he served as the Secretary of Defense 
for 1 year. 
(I) General Marshall’s service at Ft. Leav-
enworth included graduation from the United 
States Army School of the Line in 1907, the 
United States Army Staff College in 1908, fol-
lowed by instructor duty at Ft. Leavenworth 
from in 1909 and 1910. 
(14) HENRY
H. ARNOLD, GENERAL
OF
THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold is the only offi-
cer in the history of our country to earn the 
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ranks of General of the Army and General of 
the Air Force. 
(B) General Arnold, a graduate of West 
Point in 1907, received his pilot training in 
1911 from the Wright brothers in Dayton, 
Ohio. 
(C) He became one of our Nation’s strong-
est advocates for air power, and personally held 
numerous records and trophies for flying 
achievements, to include the first delivery of 
United States mail by air. 
(D) Accomplishments in and from the air 
in the World Wars, particularly in World War 
II, were heavily influenced by his genius. 
(E) As a result of General Arnold’s con-
tributions, massed air power gave a third di-
mension to battles of World War II, swept the 
skies of the enemy, and denied him mobility on 
the ground. 
(F) One of General Arnold’s citations 
reads in part: ‘‘From conception to execution, 
General Arnold’s leadership guided the mighti-
est air force in history.’’ 
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