caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place module name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
forrest from benis m. frank in 1979 c. pogue -lrb- left -rrb- receiving an award 06 october 1996 murray , kentucky 1933 -- 86 eddyville , kentucky yes united states army serviceyears = 1942 -- 45 rank = allegiance master sergeant unit = battles = world war ii invasion = of normandy liberation of paris battle of the bulge operation united lumberjack elbe day awards = bronze star croix de guerre states of america branch = forrest c. pogue 17 september 1912 christine brown pogue forrest m. frank.jpg c. pogue receiving oral history award from benis forrest pogue
 forrest carlisle pogue jr. military historian
forrest pogue

forrest carlisle pogue jr. -lrb- 1912 -- 1996 -rrb- was an official united states army historian during world war ii .
he was a proponent of oral history techniques , and collected many oral histories from the war under the direction of chief army historian s. l. a. marshall .
forrest pogue was for many years the executive director of the george c. marshall foundation as well as director of the marshall library located on the campus of virginia military institute in lexington , virginia .
