Not a bad list. As for the most recent names, they were good at executing what they had been taught, but who taught them? Look at their teachers.
How’s this list of top 10 German Generals:
Schwarzkopf
Elmo Zumwalt (Navy)
Eisenhower
Nimitz (Navy)
Spaatz (Air Force)
Harry Schmidt (Marines)
Pershing
George Armstrong Custer
Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly) and
Baron von Steuben (of course)
Finally, while the following person belongs to all Americans, I mention:
Washington (mother’s side)
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