Who has met/seen a 5 Star General or Admiral before?

Major General Jude PK Pao, Chinese Air Force, (Taiwan) whom when I was on the IACE was a Colonel who in 1972 was head of the Protocol Office of Headquarters. Chinese Air Force, Taipai. The three of us also attended dinner at His house in Taipai I presented Him a Hawaiian, Tiki God statue made of lava rock which was supposed to bring good luck to the bearer. At that point I was stationed at Hickham AFB, HI so that represented the area of the United States where I was at that point. He is now retired from CAF
As a side note You may notice He has USAF Pilot Wings above His right pocket as He did receive pilot training in the United States. The same held true for General Chen I Fan who also had pilot training in the US and also had those wings above the right pocket on His uniform. Like us the foreign rating wings and badge go over the right pocket on the uniform and the CAF Pilot wings above their service ribbons or the left shirt pocket.

LTC John Mohor great question, but simple answer. With respect he never attained 5 Star Rank-the rank was not created until 1944, but yet he is the second ranking General in the history of the United States Armed Forces. He chose not to have more stars, yet he created his own rank 4-Stars of Gold. He could have been a 6 star General IMHO.

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Best Answer: In the United States Army military hierarchy, General of the Armies is traditionally considered a rank superior to a five-star general, also known as "General of the Army" (note the difference between the two ranks). It is sometimes considered a six-star rank. The full title of the military rank is "General of the Armies of the United States", although the rank is commonly referred to simply as "General of the Armies". The only people in history to hold the title General of the Armies were John J. Pershing and George Washington.

John Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), the senior U.S. Army General of World War I, was granted the rank of General of the Armies in 1919 in recognition of his performance as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force. General Pershing was offered the option to create his own insignia for the new position, but continued to wear the four stars of a regular General. At the time of Pershing's appointment to the rank, the position was considered more of a title than a rank, comparable to the Civil War title "General of the Army."

During his lifetime, George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) never held the rank "General of the Armies." During the American Revolution he held the title of "General and Commander in Chief" in the Continental Army. After his death, Washington was listed as a Lieutenant General on the Continental rolls, and he never wore more than three stars on his military uniform.

A year prior to his death, Washington was appointed by President John Adams to the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Army during the Quasi-War, after he had left office as President of the United States. Washington never exercised active authority under his new rank, however, and Adams made the appointment mainly to frighten the French, with whom war seemed certain.

On 11 October 1976, by Act of Congress, Washington was posthumously appointed to the rank of General of the Armies. The appointment was backdated to July 4, 1776 and was not considered a promotion to six-star general, but rather a symbolic promotion that made Washington the most-senior United States military officer. By executive order of President Gerald Ford, it was also determined that George Washington would always remain senior and could never be outranked by any other officer of the U.S. military.

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Technically a Six Star General, second only to George Washington. He only wore Four Gold Stars for rank instead of silver stars.

Great additional information.

At RP we learn something new everyday!

Di not know he died SGT Joseph Gunderson =, thanks for sharing your picture.

SFC William Farrell - yeah... few years ago now...

Life before social media, when you actually had to go out and meet people to help make a name for yourself! Your grandmother sounds like she was a hoot to be around.

Yep. She drank and smoked like a furnace. That was a social norm in her day. Think the tar and nicotine kept her lungs glued together. She passed within a week after her cigarettes were taken away. Years after meeting Ike, I was a Navy LT and she wanted pictures of me in uniform with her. You just couldn't say no to Grandma. She'd carve you a new one.

I never met one but did meet a General from Space Command and another one from Norad.