Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Bradley in France shortly after D-Day.
General of the Army, Army of the United States: since December 20, 1944
Generals Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower in Japan, 1946. Their leadership in World War II,
under President Franklin Roosevelt, was a triumph of strategic thinking.
Eisenhower, immortalized with a statue on the grounds at West Point.
From left, front row includes army officers Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges and Gerow in 1945
The Supreme Commanders of theFour Powers on June 5, 1945, in Berlin:
Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
eisenhower bows to french president
艾帅 向 戴高尔 鞠躬 ~：）
U.S. President Eisenhower visitsTaiwan and its President Chiang Kai-shek at Taipei
The official White House portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
美军 五星上将军：
The rank of General is recognized as the highest rank in most any army of the world and almost always represents a high-ranking official who has dedicated his/her career to the military. The United States military maintains several sub-ranks within the general rank itself and this position can go as high as a "5 star general" when the situation warrants.
Note that the Army rank of 5 Star General is only specifically handed out at wartime during the most extreme of circumstances as it was to the men listed below during both World War 2 and the Korean War (their awarding date follows their name). As such, you'd be hard pressed to find a living, breathing 5 star general serving in today's military (the last Five-Star rank was held by General Omar Bradley until his death in 1981).
George C. Marshall
(16 Dec 1944)
Douglas MacArthur
(18 Dec 1944)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(20 Dec 1944)
Henry H. Arnold
(21 Dec 1944)
Omar Bradley
(20 Dec 1950)
Additionally, the U.S. Navy maintains its own "Five Star" status in the form of the rank "Fleet Admiral".
This rank was awarded to the following men (their awarding date follows their name):
William D. Leahy
(15 Dec 1944)
Ernest J. King
(17 Dec 1944)
Chester W. Nimitz
(19 Dec 1944)
William F. Halsey, Jr
(11 Dec 1945)
Only one member of the United States Air Force (then as the "United States Army Air Force") has ever held the rank of 5-star general as "General of the Air Force". Henry H. Arnold also holds the distinction as the only person to ever achieve the 5-star rank in two branches of the U.S. Armed Forces:
