MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S. CARTER, USA

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES
MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S. CARTER, USA
Marshall Sylvester Carter was born at Fortress Monroe,
Sut)tember 16, 1009. He was graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy in 10 31 and commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Coast Artillery Corps. Prior to World War It, he served
with various Anti-Aircraft Artillery units in Hawaii, Panama,
and the United States. In addition, he served as an instructor in
the Department of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the
U.S. Military Academy.
In 1942, General Carter was assigned to the Logistics Group,
Operations Division, War Department General Staff. From July
1945 to January 1946 he was Deputy and Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-5, Headquarters, China Theater, with station in Chungking and
Shanghai. Ho then became Assistant nxecutive to the Assistant
Secretary of War in Washington where he served until April 1946.
At this time, General Carter was appointed Special Represen-
tative in Washington for General of the Army George C. Marshall,
then in China. This position he held until named Special Assistant
to the Secretary of State in January 1947. Two years later, General
Carter became Deputy to the Ambassador for Military Assistance
Programs for Europe with station at the AmeriCan Embassy in
London. Concurrently, he served as Deputy Chairman, European
Correlation Committee. In these capacities, General Carter held
the personal rank of Minister. In August 1949, he was assigned by
the State Department as a student at the National War College,
graduating in June 1950.
? Following a short tour as Commander of the 138th Anti-Aircraft
Group in Japan, General Carter was recalled to Washington by
General Marshall, to become Director of the Executive Office of the
Secretary of Defense. General Carter served in this capacity under
General Marshall and his successor, Mr. Lovett, until November
1952 when he became Deputy Commanding General of the US Army in
Alaska with station at Fort Richardson. Concurrently, in November .
10541 when the 71st Infantry Division was activated in Alaska, he
was appointed its Deputy Commanding General.
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From June 1955 until June 1956, General Carter was
Commanding General?of the Fifth Region, Army Anti-Aircraft
Command, with headquarters at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. For
the next five months, he served as Deputy Commanding General
of the Army Anti-Aircraft Command in Colorado Springs
Colorado, leaving this assignment to become Chief of Staff of the
newly-formed Continental Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force' ,
Base, Colorado Springs, in October 1956. When this command
.was expanded into the North American Air Defense Command in
September 1957, General Carter also became Chief of Staff of this
unified command, the first command of this type in the United
States,
General Carter assumed his present duties as Chief of Staff,
Eighth US Army in December 1959. Upon completion of this
. assignment in January 1961, he will take command of the Array
Air Defense Center and Air Defense School at Fort Bliss, Texas.
He has serveZ1 as a member of the United States Delegation to
the following international conferences:
Conference of Four Heads of State, Cairo, Egypt, 1043;
Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow, USSR, 1947; Inter- ,
American Conference for Maintenance of Peace and Security, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, 1947; Second Session of General Assembly of
United Nations, New York, 1947; Ninth. International Conference of
American, States, tlogota, Colombia, 1948; and the Third Session
of General Assembly of United Nations, .13aris, France, 1948.
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PERSONAL DATA
Date and Place of Birth - 16 September 1909, Fortress Monroe,
Virginia
Parents - Father: Brig Gen C. C. Carter, USA, decease
Mother: Mrs. C. C. Carter
STI?kT
Date: 14 July 1934
Wife: Prot Nichols Carter .
'Children: . Mi 1 s Josenhino RtnnnIr r i 4-
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Cadet Robert Marshall Carter, A-1 Co.,
US Military Academy, West Point 140
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Official Home Address -
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EDUCATION
US Military Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Coast Artillery School, Battery
Officers Course
National War College
'CHRONOLOGICAL up OF PROMOTIONS
Promotions
2nd Lt
1st Lt'
Captain,
Major
11 June 1931
1 August 1935
U June 1941
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PROMOTIONS (Continued)
Promotions
Temporary (AUS) , Permanent (RA)
Lt Colonel
? Colonel
Brig General ?
Colonel
Brig General
Major General
? 14 Oct 1042 1 July 1948
24 July 1944 .
8 April 1947
3 Aug 1949
27 July 1051
21 Deb 1955
(w/DOR 1 July 1951)
? CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments
Special Liaison Duty with U.S. N.L.
? Midshipmcn's Cruise
Battery Officer, 12th Coast Artillers
Fort Monroe, Virginia
13Allery Officer et Battalion Adj,
64th CA, (AA), Ft Shaffer, Honolulu
Graduate Student, MIT (MS Degree)
Instructor, USMA; Dept of Natural
Experimental Philosophy,
West Point, N. Y.
Student Officer, Regular Course,
Artillery School, Ft. Monroe,. Va.
Instructor, Coast Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Va. ?
Batten, Officer, 73d CA, (AA),
Panama
? Director, Enlisted Specialist School,
Panama ?
Asst. ACofS, 0-3, Panama CA.
Command
Staff Officer, OPD WDGS, Washington,
D. C.
Deputy ACotS, G-5 'USF/CT, ChuOgit41
China
CofS, G4 IMF'
July 1939
Feb .40
Aug 40
June 41
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CIMONOLOGICAL- LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS (Continued)
Assignments From
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Asst Exec to Asst Secretary of Wart
Washington, D. C.
Special Representative in Washington,
D. C. for Gen. G. C. Marshall
(China Mission)
Special Assistant to Secretary of
State
Deputy to American Ambassador to
Great Britain with rank of Minister,
and Deputy Chairman, European
Correlation Committee
Dept of State Student, National War ,
College
CO, 138th AAA'Group, Japan
Exec to Secretary of Defense
Deputy CG, US Army' Alaska, and
71st Infantry Division
?CG, 5th AA Regional Command, Fort
Sheridan, Illinois
Deputy Commander, AAA Commando
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
Springs, Colorado ?
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense
Command, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
, Chief of Staff* North American Air
Defense Commanc4 Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Chief of Staff, Eighth US Army, Korea,
..March 46
Aug 49
Aug 50
Nov 50
LIST OF CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS
Sep 57
Dec 69
Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
Bronze Stir Medal '
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LIST OF CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS (Continued)
Special Breast Order of Yun Hui (Cloud & Banner, Republic
of China) '
Special Breast Order of Yun Hui (2nd award) (Republic of China)
Order of Orange Nassau witsWordi, Commander, (Netherlanda
Government)
PERSONAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Interests and Hobbies
Hunting, Fishing, damping ice Hockey and usual participation
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sports.
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20 February 1961
ADDENDUM 70 BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S CARTER
CHRONDLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGIVENTS (Cont*d)
Commanding .General, U. S. Array Air Defense
Center and Commandant U. S. Army Air Defense
School, 13*. Bliss, Texan
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