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
Army base has been named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the five-star general who commanded allied forces in Europe during World War II, then later became president of the United States.
From Slate • Jul. 9, 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
In 1950, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. “Hap” Arnold.
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2018
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
