[Pharmboy]

Even though this goes beyond my usual time period, Washington, Monroe, Jackson and Jefferson all played a military role in the RevWar and are featured in this article.

Also, the blurb about the General failed to mention that when congress acted to honor him, they posthumously gave him a sixth star so no one could ever outrank him.

[castlegreyskull]

Isn’t Obama’s rank as Messiah higher than a 5 star officer or President?

[Pharmboy]

Lt. James Monroe, hero of RevWar and 5th POTUS

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list...

Lots of interesting POTUS facts herein...hope you Freepers like this one

And thank you, OKers!

[ConorMacNessa]

[Waverunner]

How about Herbert Hoover and the Boxer Rebellion.
Didn’t he help defend Tsentain, even leading Marines around.
I’m not sure of his military status at the time, but his first national attention was reports of how he used bags of rice to build fortifications to keep the Boxers out of the port town. Keeping the port enabled later relief expeditions to have an easy entry into China.

[Terabitten]

Even though this goes beyond my usual time period, Washington, Monroe, Jackson and Jefferson all played a military role in the RevWar and are featured in this article.

Although, in fairness, Monroe and Jefferson were colonels of the Virginia Militia - more a social post than anything. It was expected that gentlemen of the time would be officers of the militia.

[cotton1706]

Arthur is a little misleading. He was a quartermaster general and an inspector general of the state of NY and given the rank of Brigadier General. But he was not a military man.

[bunkerhill7]

But doesn`t Obummer qualify as an official U.S Govt. Corpse Man?

[smokingfrog]

Interesting article about our US presidents.

BTW - Harry Truman started out as a private in the Missouri National Guard.

[NonValueAdded]

I’d add to the list that flying a F-102 Delta Dagger was putting one’s self in harms way every time it went wheels up let alone run an intercept mission against the Russkies.

[blau993]

I am curious about the statement Carter served in two wars. I know he was a Naval Academy grad and a submariner, but I don’t recall that he had any wartime service. Am I wrong about that?

[aculeus]

A fine posting!

[the OlLine Rebel]

“no officer of the Unites States Army will ever outrank Lt. Gen. George Washington.”

ROFL - won’t outrank a “Leiutenant General”?

Error!

[the OlLine Rebel]

“served as colonels, including Thomas Jefferson”

WHAT????? WHERE??? Seriously, I’m not a “student”, but I’ve never heard mention of any service.

[SunkenCiv]

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