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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.
The grade is sometimes described as a six-star general, as being senior to the five-star grade of General of the Army, but no six-star insignia was ever officially created and Pershing, the only person to be General of the Armies during his own lifetime, never wore more than four stars.
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In the United States Armed Forces, a six-star rank is a proposed rank immediately superior to a five-star rank, possibly to be worn by the General of the Armies.
Jul 5, 2022 · General of the Armies is a rank so high up in the strata of power that only two people in the history of the United States have ever attained it. Keep in mind: This is not General of the Army, it's plural — all the Armies. Today, it is the equivalent of a six-star general with autonomous authority equal to the Admiral of the Navy, but senior ...
Jul 20, 2023 · That honor belongs to a man who has been dead for more than 200 years. On July 4, 1976, the nation’s bicentennial, George Washington was posthumously promoted to General of the Armies of the...
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Sep 15, 2022 · John J. Pershing (1860-1948): one of two six-star generals in the history of the United States. Biography. Pershing was born the first of nine children in September 1860 to farmer John Fletcher Pershing and homemaker Ann Elizabeth Thompson.
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...
