In Volusia County, there is a housing development that has roads commemorating famous military leaders General Marshall Road was named for Army General George Catlett Marshall, who also served as Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. Described as "one of the most selfless public officials" during World War II by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, it was not by chance that his name was given to what Sir Winston Churchill called "the most unsordid act in history," the Marshall Plan, through which thousands of millions of U.S. tax dollars were channeled to rebuild war-torn Europe. |
