MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S. CARTER, USA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 30, 2012
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MAJOR GENERAL MARSHALL S. CARTER, USA
Marshall Sylvester Carter was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, September
16, 1909. He was graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1931 and com-
missioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. Prior to World War
II, 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. He then became Assistant Executive to the
Assistant Secretary of War in Washington where he served until April 1946.
At this time, General Carter was appointed Special Representative 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 U. S. Army
in Alaska with station at Fort Richardson. Concurrently, in November 1954,
when the 71st Infantry Division was activated in Alaska, he was appointed its
Deputy Commanding General.
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 assign-
ment 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,become Chief of Staff of this unified command, the first command of
this type in the United States.
General Carter served as Chief of Staff, Eighth U. S. Army in Korea, from
December, 1959 to February 1961. He assumed command of the Army Air Defense
Center and the Air Defense School at Fort Bliss, Texas, on 1 March 1961.
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He has served as a member of the United States Delegation to the following
international conferences:
Conference of Four Heads of State, Cairo, Egypt, 1943; 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, Bogota, Colombia, 1948; and the Third Session of General Assembly
of United States, Paris, 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, deceased
Mother: Mrs. C. C. Carter
The Kennedy-Warren Apartments
3133 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington 8, D. C.
Marriage: - Date: 14 July 1934
Wife: Preot Nichols Carter
Children:, Miss Josephine Stoney Carter,
Cadet Marshall Nichols Carter, Co. A-1, U. S.
Military Academy, West Point, New York.
Miss Mary Coleman Carter,
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Official Home Address -
EDUCATION
U. S. Military Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Coast Artillery School, Battery
Officers Course
National War College
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PROMOTIONS
Promotions
2nd Lt
1st Lt
Captain
Major
Lt Colonel
Colonel
Brig General
Colonel
Brig General
Major General
Temporary (AUS)
9 Sep 1940
1 Feb 1942
14 Oct 1942
24 July 1944
3 April 1947
3 August 1949
27 July 1951
21 Dec 1955
(w/DOR 1 July 1951)
1931 - BS
1936 - MS
1940
1950
Permanent (RA)
11 June 1931
1 August 1935
11 June 1941
1 July 1948
3 Aug 1953
15 March 1959
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments From To
Special Liaison Duty with U.S.N.A.
Midshipmen's Cruise
Battery Officer, 12th Coast Artillery,
Fort Monroe, Virginia
Battery Officer & Battalion Adj,
64th CA, (AA), Ft Shafter, 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.
Battery Officer, 73d CA, (AA),
Panama
Director, Enlisted Specialist School,
Panama
Asst. ACofS, G-3, Panama CA
Command
Staff Officer, OPD WDGS, Washington,
D. C.
Deputy ACofS, G-5, USF/CT, Chungking,
China
ACofS, G-5 USF/CT Shanghai, China
Asst Exec to Asst Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C.
Special Representative in Washington,
D. C. for General 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 Command,
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
June 31 Aug 31
Sep 31 Apr 32
June 32 Mar 35
1935 June 36
1936 July 39
Aug 39 Feb 40
Feb 40 Aug 40
Aug 40 June 41
July 41 Nov 41
Nov 41 July 42
July 42 July 45
July 45 Nov 45
Nov 45 Jan 46
Jan 46 Mar 46
Mar 46 Jan 47
Jan 47 Mar 49
Mar 49 July 49
Aug 49 June 50
Aug 50 Oct 50
Nov 50 Nov 52
Nov 52 May 55
June 55 June 56
June 56 Nov 56
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS (Continued)
Assignments From
To
Chief of Staff, Continental Air Defense
Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado Nov 56 Dec 59
Chief of Staff, North American Air
Defense Command, Colorado Springs,
Colorado Sep 57 Dec 59
Chief of Staff, Eighth US Army, Korea Dec 59 Feb 61
CG, U S Army, Air Defense Center and U S
Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss,
Texas Feb 61
LIST OF CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
Bronze Star Medal
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 w/swords, Commander (Netherlands
Government)
PERSONAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Interests and Hobbies
Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Ice Hockey, and usual participation sports.
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