Which of these US soldiers was not a General of the Army?

General of the Army is the official rank of a 5-star general. The five officers who have held the 1944 version of General of the Army are:

George Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry H. Arnold
Omar Bradley

Patton was only a 4-star general at the time of his death. He was a renowned senior officer of the US Army, widely known for commanding the US Third Army during the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place in the summer of 1944 and was one of the largest invasions in history. Patton possessed hard-driving personality and was respected for his achievements as a commander, but his controversial public statements with racist remarks sometimes overshadowed his success.

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Rick Kummer

This question is ambiguous. It asks who was not "A" general of the Army. They all were generals. It should have read, Who did not hold the rank of "General of the Army"?

William Laughlin

It's also confusing since, although his RANK was "General of the Army ", Arnold was in the Air Force! This question should have been worded more specifically.

Bill Gendron

Another trick question...

Ruby Crouse

He's still a general!!!

Susan Vignali

Katheryn Walden That's for sure......... or maybe who was not a 5 star general

Melissa McCormick Burlingame

That question was very misleading.

teacherchicky

The question doesn't say anything about stars, it just asks who was not a general of the army and they ALL were! I'd consider any answer to this question to be incorrect as it's an extremely ambiguous question!

Robin Moore

Poorly worded question.

Larry Garnica

Patton was a general. Question should have read, “Who was not a Five Star General?”

Ron Borsack

Another trick question ! Ask hard questions but trick questions r just that, tricks.

marilyn roman

You should have specified 5 star general.

American foreigner in Philippi

Larry Garnica, But he e wasn't "General of the Army". He was 3 star General. "General of the Army" it s a 5 star General.

William R. Meredith

I think that the 5-Star rank is only supposed to exist during time if war. However, no 5-Star general has ever removed the 5th star onxe the war has ended.

William R. Meredith

teacherchicky, Yes it does! "General of the Army" is the title goven to an Army 5-Star general. The General Officer Ranks are: Brigadier BG 1 star Major MG 2 stars Lieutenant LTG 3 stars General GEN 4 stars General of the Army GA 5 stars

William R. Meredith

William Laughlin, Some people think that ANY 5-star will be called "General of the Army" even if that general is in a branch other than the Army. But Hap Arnold's case proves that wrong. He was a 5-Star general in the Army but later became the one and only General of the Air Force once the Army Air Corps was dissolved and formed into the US Aie Force.

William R. Meredith

Peter Dunkelberger

fillweb, I agree with you. “General of the Army” is a specific rank. The “trick” part is that few people are aware of that bit of trivia, and people don’t like to be wrong!