five-star general
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Alhadeff’s had the horse’s barn named Ike, the nickname of Dwight Eisenhower, the former president and five-star general.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
The commission would rename Fort Gordon, Ga., for one already famous figure — former president and five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2022
Under the commission’s recommendations, Fort Gordon, in Georgia, would become Fort Eisenhower, after Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was a five-star general in the Army before becoming president.
From New York Times • May 24, 2022
When he informed the former five-star general that the crisis was over, Eisenhower asked if he’d made a backroom deal.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2022
Her husband contributed: "His idea of Heaven would be a huge research establishment, where he'd be a five-star general, and Galileo, Newton, Priestley, Dalton, Maxwell, Planck and Einstein would be tech sergeants."
From The Mercenaries by Piper, H. Beam
