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Article:		Soldiers Renege on Hackers
Subject:		No five star generals
Date:		2006-05-31 13:23:24
From:		Airman_from_Maine
Response to: No five star generals
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