Posted on Dec 19, 2016
Who has met/seen a 5 Star General or Admiral before?
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Its a honor to talk about history and more importantly sharing our military heritage. If you have some memories pleasure share. Standing by:
The following Americans have been promoted to five-star rank:
• Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy 15 December 1944
• General of the Army George Marshall 16 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Ernest King 17 December 1944
• General of the Army Douglas MacArthur 18 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 19 December 1944
• General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 December 1944
• General of the Army & Air Force Henry H. Arnold 21 December 1944 & 7 May 1949
• Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr. 11 December 1945
• General of the Army Omar Bradley 20 September 1950
• General of the Armies George Washington 4 July 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1776a
The following Americans have been promoted to five-star rank:
• Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy 15 December 1944
• General of the Army George Marshall 16 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Ernest King 17 December 1944
• General of the Army Douglas MacArthur 18 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 19 December 1944
• General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 December 1944
• General of the Army & Air Force Henry H. Arnold 21 December 1944 & 7 May 1949
• Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr. 11 December 1945
• General of the Army Omar Bradley 20 September 1950
• General of the Armies George Washington 4 July 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1776a
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Have never met one, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. I hope never to meet one, because the circumstances that would create one would very likely mean WWIII.
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Since you mentioned General of the Armies (Six Stars) George Washington, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the only other General of the Armies ... John J. Pershing ... c. 1919 or 1920 (I'm not quite sure). He was actually promoted to the rank before Washington but Washington's date of rank was made retroactive and is therefore the highest ranking servicemember to have served the United States.
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MSG (Join to see) General of the Armies isn’t Six Stars. When Pershing was promoted to the rank, he was allowed to choose the insignia for the new rank. He chose Four Gold Stars.
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I was at patch Barracks in Germany when Gen Haig had his retirement and did meet general patton 1 star. Before that we as a BN at Ft Lewis we ran with Gen Schwarzkopf every Friday 5 miles and I meet Him.
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In 1952 my sister and her friend walked to downtown Spokane to see and hear presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower. I was too young so I didn't get to go. I was happy to get out of school for the day.
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There were two other individuals who held five-star rank, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL , but one of those two and one from your list were actually authorized to wear SIX stars, if they wanted to do so. Who knows without Google-ing? Technically, both five-and six-star ranks still exist today, though, not even the newest Private or Seaman Recruit is likely to ever see someone higher than a four-star.
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Do you mean while the person was a serving 5-star, or even after retirement from the military? If it’s the latter, I met President Eisenhower while an elementary school lad.
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I've seen a few 4 Stars and had the honor to brief Air Force General Chuck Horner. I'm not even sure if any 5 Stars were around after I was born.
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4 Star, Army and Marine at the same time and place, walking around inspecting the camp, the 4 Stars had full bird Colonel carrying their briefcases. Our Camp in picture.
The event why so much brass walking around was, 1972 Democratic National Convention Miami Florida, 1 battalion from the 82nd. ABN Inf. and 1 battalion from the Marines, all there for riot control, we were all stationed at a tent camp located a Homestead AFB, out of the public eye.
That's where I learned the words, "Fix Bayonets".
We even got to shake the hand of the president at the time, Richard Nixon.
The event why so much brass walking around was, 1972 Democratic National Convention Miami Florida, 1 battalion from the 82nd. ABN Inf. and 1 battalion from the Marines, all there for riot control, we were all stationed at a tent camp located a Homestead AFB, out of the public eye.
That's where I learned the words, "Fix Bayonets".
We even got to shake the hand of the president at the time, Richard Nixon.
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