Photograph
Harry S. Truman and George C. Marshall
| President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall. After World War II President Truman appointed Marshall as his special emissary to China. In 1947 he summoned the general home and appointed him Secretary of State. Marshall retired in 1949, but returned to public service in 1950 to become Secretary of Defense during the Korean War. Despite his military career, his creation of the Marshall Plan for the economic recovery of Europe, and his Nobel Peace Prize (in 1953)Marshall was bitterly attacked by the right-wing for the fall of China and his protection of Communists such as Alger Hiss and Owen Lattimore in the State Department. In 1951 Joseph R. McCarthy made this theme the subject of his book, "Retreat from Victory, the Story of George C. Marshall." |
| Image ID: | 8277 |
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| Creation Date: | after 1947 |
| Creator Name: | Harris and Ewing |
| City: | Washington |
| County: | |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| Collection Name: | Name File |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | NF Truman, Harry S. |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Clothing and dress |
| Eyeglasses |
| Neckties |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portrait photography |
| Presidents |
| Public officers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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