Biography

January 2nd, 2009

From Mon Nov 10 20:44:56 1997
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>At 10:02 PM 11/10/97 -0500, Tom Robison wrote:
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> >I had forgotten that Halsey made 5-stars. I thought there were only five
> >who made 5-star rank, namely Eisenhower, MacArthur, Bradley, Nimitz, and
> >Arnold.
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>You’re still leaving out a couple. Leahy, Marshall, King, MacArthur,
>Nimitz, Eisenhower, Arnold, and, later, Halsey, and finally, Bradley. I
>believe that is the correct order of their seniority but I haven’t a
>reference at hand to check.
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>No picture of all of them together was ever taken. The most would be
>Leahy, Marshall, King, and Arnold, though there are a lot of pictures of
>King and Nimitz and Nimitz and Halsey and a few of Marshall and MacArthur.
>Not an easy group to gather together amicably!
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>Marc
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