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1 day 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.
1 day 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 ...
3 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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3 days ago · He assumed this position in January 2021, two days after Pres. Joe Biden ’s inauguration. During his 41-year career in the U.S. Army, Austin served as director of the Joint Staff, was commanding general of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, and headed U.S. Central Command ( CENTCOM ). He is the first African American to serve as defense ...
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.
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 ...
5 days ago · George Washington, John J. Pershing, and Ulysses S. Grant achieved the rank, informally referred to as a “six-star general,” although the highest official star rank in the US Army is a five-star general.
