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Oct 3, 2022 · The rank of 6-star general is so high in the US military’s hierarchy that it’s only ever been given out three times. One recipient was promoted while he was still alive, while the other two received it posthumously.
Dec 28, 2022 · Grant was conferred the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, the highest military rank in the Army. Grant joins George Washington and John J. Pershing as the only generals to...
Jul 20, 2023 · But that doesn’t make him the highest-ranking military official. That honor belongs to a man who has been dead for more than 200 years. On July 4, 1976, the nation’s bicentennial, George ...
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Jul 15, 2018 · 07/15/2018 07:02 AM EDT. On this day in 1948, Gen. John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing died of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where...
Sep 23, 2018 · After the creation of the five-star General of the Army rank during World War II, his rank of General of the Armies could unofficially be considered that of a six-star general, but he died before the proposed insignia could be considered and acted on by Congress.
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Painting of George Washington showing three star insignia. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States in 1976.
Sep 15, 2022 · General Pershing died on July 15, 1948, of congestive heart failure at age 87 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was laid in state at the United States Capitol rotunda and given a state funeral. The general was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Legacy
