A Plan Without Hysteria - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
N 39° 54.035 W 079° 43.850
17S E 608494 N 4417494
This Sign is one of several located at the George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza, is located qt the "Five Corners" at the West End of the City of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Mr. Marshall.
Waymark Code: WMNRJG
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2015
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A Plan "Without Hysteria"
This plaque is one of several in a parklet memorizing the life, career and legacy of George C. Marshall. General Marshall was the Secretay of State in the 20th
century and is known for the creation of the Marshall Plan. He brought the country out of a post-World War II crisis and assisted in WWII as well.
Plaque Text
Plan "Without Hysteria"
[Nostalgic Photo at Left ]
On September 1, 1939, within hours of the start of World War II, George Marshall became Army Chief of Staff. Honored in Uniontown eight days later, Marshall declared the U.S. must plan for an uncertain future "Without Emotional Hysteria" War found the U.S. woefully unprepared. From 1939 to 1945, General Marshall directed the drafting, recruiting, training, and transporting around the world of an eight million man force. He chose Generals Eisenhower. Bradley, Patton, Stilwell, and MacArthur as Army field commanders. Winston Churchill called Marshall the "organizer" of allied victory
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