- Birth nameSamuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
- Nickname
- Slam
- S.L.A. Marshall is known for Pork Chop Hill (1959), The Twentieth Century (1957) and World War One (1964).
- SpousesCatherine Finnerty(? - 1977) (his death, 3 children)Ruth Elstner (divorced, 1 child)Edith Ives Westervelt(? - 1953) (her death)
- US Army historian of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
- Known for his book "Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War". In it he claimed that about 75% of soldiers in direct combat never fired their weapons at the enemy.
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