Forgive me, Sir, for raising you up from recent print <br />But Kennan's death was front page in Moscow <br />Containment was one of your grandchildren also! <br />I have read of Eisenhower and McArthur <br />Been told by generals of Patton and Bradley <br />And learned from rather dogged research <br />That you were scion to a host of lesser greats <br />The pundits have come to call 'Our Greatest Generation.' <br />Perhaps in celebration a quote is in order: <br />'You can do infinite good if you do not care who gets the credit.' <br />Like Lee the sweet fragrance of your character <br />Grows stronger with history's gathered fragments.<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/george-marshall-s-ghost/
