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Most Americans have never heard of him but he was the highest ranking American military officer of WWII, and FDR’s Chief of Staff.

Never heard of him indeed.

14 posted on 03/12/2015 7:43:08 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)

FDR promoted several American military officers to the rank of 5 Star General and the equivalent Fleet Admiral rank with the order of their promotion determining who ranked highest. Some you will recognize but Leahy and King won’t be among them.

Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy 15 December 1944

General of the Army George Marshall 16 December 1944

Fleet Admiral Ernest King 17 December 1944

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur 18 December 1944

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 19 December 1944

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 December 1944

General of the Army Henry H. Arnold 21 December 1944

Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr. 11 December 1945

28 posted on 03/12/2015 7:58:20 PM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)

Never heard of him indeed.

US five-star admirals:

1899 - George Dewey (1837–1917)^[2]
15 December 1944 - William D. Leahy (1875–1959)
17 December 1944 - Ernest King (1878–1956)
19 December 1944 - Chester Nimitz (1885–1966)
11 December 1945 - William Halsey, Jr. (1882–1959)

39 posted on 03/12/2015 8:15:12 PM PDT by cynwoody

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