2007-01-11 19:59:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The rank of 5 Star General was created during WWll.
There have been 4 Army 5 Star General of the Army:
General George C. Marshall
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Omar N. Bradley
There have been 4 Navy 5 Star Fleet Admirals:
Admiral William D. Leahy
Admiral Ernest J. King
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey
There has been 1 Air Force 5 Star General:
General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold
General of the Armies of the United States is the highest possible land-based rank in the United States military hierarchy, The rank is senior to that of General of the Army.
There have been 2 General of the Armies :
General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing
General George Washington, who was promoted
posthumously on Janurary 19th 1976, with a Date of Rank on July 4th 1776.
2007-01-11 21:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have been 5 5-star generals in the Army. They are: George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry Arnold (although he later transferred to the Air Force on its inception) and Omar Bradley. Pershing and Washington were given the rank (title) of General of the Armies but they are considered to be 4-star officers. (5-star officers are in the rank of General of the Army.)
2007-01-12 04:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by lee3620111 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have been 11 5-star flag officers in America's history
Four generals, four admirals. One air force general, Hap Arnold was awarded a five star designation twice, once in 1944 when it was still the Army Air Force, and again in 1947 when the AAF was redesignated into the USAF
2007-01-14 11:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fifth star is a special award and doesn't happen very often. I believe WW II awards were the last ones, and you pretty much have to be in charge of an entire theater to get it, and only one person in that theater can have it.
These are the way "general" ranks go:
Brigadier general
Major general
Lieutenant general
General
General of the Army
2007-01-12 04:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Presently none. Drwight D. Eisenhower was the last General of the Army.
2007-01-12 07:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there has been less than ten with president washington being the last to be aproved for 5 stars.this was done in the 70s.
pershing
eisenhower
macaurther
2007-01-12 04:18:24 · answer #6 · answered by glock509 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋