S.L.A. Marshall
| S.L.A. Marshall | |
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| Born |
July 18, 1900 Catskill, New York |
| Died | 17 December 1977 (aged 77) El Paso, Texas |
| Place of burial | Fort Bliss National Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1917–1960 (non-consecutive) |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Unit |
 90th Infantry Division (WWI) Eighth Army (Korean War) |
| Battles/wars |
Pancho Villa Expedition World War I World War II Korean War |
| Awards |
 Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal (2) Combat Infantryman Badge
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| Other work | author journalist |
S.L.A. Marshall (full name, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall) (July 18, 1900 – December 17, 1977) was a chief U.S. Army combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. He authored some 30 books about warfare, including Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, which was made into a film of the same name.
Marshall was born in Catskill, New York and raised in Colorado, California and El Paso, Texas. He joined the Army in 1917 and saw service on the border with Mexico during the Pancho Villa Expedition before serving in France during World War I. He attained the rank of sergeant while serving as a member of Company A, 315th Engineer Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. The 315th Engineers participated in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
Shortly after Saint-Mihiel, Marshall was one of the soldiers in his unit selected to take the entrance examinations for the United States Military Academy as part of an Army initiative to replenish the officer corps with exceptional soldiers from the ranks. (Under this program, Captain Harry S. Truman nominated a member of his battery, John Francis Uncles. Uncles retired as a lieutenant general.) Marshall subsequently attended Officer Candidate School, received his commission in early 1919, and remained in France to assist with post-war demobilization.
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