Forrest Pogue, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Forrest Pogue

American military historian

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Eddyville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1996

Profession: military historian, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Forrest Carlisle Pogue Jr.
(September 17, 1912 – October 6, 1996) was an official United States Army historian during World War II.
He was a proponent of oral history techniques, and collected many oral histories from the war under the direction of chief Army historian S.
L.
A.
Marshall.
Forrest Pogue was for many years the Executive Director of the George C.
Marshall Foundation as well as Director of the Marshall Library located on the campus of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.