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2 days ago · George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
4 days ago · While not currently in use today, special insignia were authorized by Congress for ten general officers who were promoted to the highest ranks in the United States Army: General of the Army, designed as a "five-star" rank, and General of the Armies, considered to be the equivalent of a "six-star" rank.
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1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
4 days ago · Winfield Scott (born June 13, 1786, Petersburg, Va., U.S.—died May 29, 1866, West Point, N.Y.) was an American army officer who held the rank of general in three wars and was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1852. He was the foremost American military figure between the Revolution and the Civil War.
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3 days ago · Among the 59 generals in this class were Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, both of whom attained the five-star rank of general of the army. Graduates who saw command in the wars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries included Creighton Abrams (1936), William Westmoreland (1936), Norman Schwarzkopf (1956), Eric Shinseki (1965), David ...
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2 days ago · General Douglas MacArthur was a highly esteemed military leader who served as a five-star general in the United States Army. Born on January 26, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, MacArthur's ...
5 days ago · An official website of the United States Government . ... Austin served 41 years in uniform, retiring as a four-star Army general after three years as commander of U.S. Central Command.
