Fivestargeneral

16 clues
High brass
Ike was one
WWII bigwig
Military bigwig
Pentagon V.I.P.
Top of the brass
Eisenhower was one
Eisenhower, for one
Marshall or MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur, e.g.
Douglas MacArthur was one
Rank last attained in 1950
A rarity in the U. S. Army.
Eisenhower became one in 1944
Army post unused since the 1950s
George C. Marshall, since Dec. 16, 1944.
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