Article:		Soldiers Renege on Hackers
Subject:		No five star generals
Date:		2003-04-22 08:10:31
From:		idarwin
Response to: No five star generals
Yes, this point has been made. Mea Culpa! I think the story still stands if you read it as "N-Star General (where n <= NMAX sub 1960)" --Ian

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• No five star generals
  2003-04-29 04:05:30  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  so how about documenting your source on that fine little anecdote?
• No five star generals
  2006-05-31 13:23:24  Airman_from_Maine [View]
  
  
  Unless I missed something there were a total of 4 Five Star Generals/Admirals still alive in 1960. Gen. Omar N. Bradley was the last general to receive the 5th star (1950) and also the last to die (1981). Technically he was on active duty when he died and was usually present at Presidential Inaugurations.
  
  Below is a list of Names, Date of Rank, Date of Death
  NAME DATE OF RANK DIED
  Adm. William D. Leahy Dec. 15, 1944 07-20-1959
  Gen. George C. Marshall Dec. 16, 1944 10-16-1959
  Adm. Ernest J. King Dec. 17, 1944 06-25-1956
  Gen. Douglas MacArthur Dec. 18, 1944 04-05-1965
  Adm. Chester Nimitz Dec. 19, 1944 02-20-1966
  Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Dec. 20, 1944 03-28-1969
  Gen. Henry H. Arnold Dec. 21, 1944 01-15-1950
  Adm. Willliam F. Halsey Dec. 11, 1945 07-20-1959
  Gen. Omar N. Bradley Sep. 20, 1950 04-08-1981