Highest-Ranking Officers in U.S. History
1. General and Commander-in-Chief [1] [大陆军总司令]
* George Washington [乔治•华盛顿](1732–1799), b. Westmoreland County, Va., unanimously voted by Congress on June 15, 1775, to the rank of general and commander-in-chief (of the Continental army)[大陆军总司令].
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2. General of the Armies [2] [特级上将]
* John Joseph Pershing [约翰•约瑟夫•珀欣](1860–1948), b. Linn County, Mo., made permanent general of the armies[特级上将], 1919.
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3. General of the Army, General of the Air Force (Five-Stars) [陆军及空军,五星上将]
* George Catlett Marshall [乔治•卡特利特•马歇尔](1880–1959), b. Uniontown, Pa., promoted Dec. 1944.
* Douglas MacArthur [道格拉斯•麦克阿瑟](1880–1964), b. Little Rock, Ark., promoted Dec. 1944.
* Dwight David Eisenhower [德怀特•大卫•艾森豪威尔](1890–1969), b. Denison, Tex., promoted Dec. 1944.
* Henry Harley Arnold [亨利•哈雷•阿诺德](1886–1950), b. Gladwyne, Pa. Arnold had the unique distinction of being a five-star general twice—in 1944 as general of the army, and in June 1949 as general of the air force. He is the only air force general to have held the five-star rank.[阿诺德是美国史上仅有的一位既获得过陆军五星上将(1944)又获得过空军五星上将的高级将领[1949]。并且,他还是美国历史上唯一的一 位空军五星上将]
* Omar Nelson Bradley [奥马尔•尼尔森•布雷德利](1893–1981), b. Clark, Mo., promoted Sept. 1950.
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4. Fleet Admiral (Five-Star) [海军,五星上将]
* William Daniel Leahy [威廉•丹尼尔•莱希](1875–1959), b. Hampton, Iowa, promoted Dec. 1944.
* Ernest Joseph King [欧内斯特•约瑟夫•金](1878–1956), b. Lorain, Ohio, promoted Dec. 1944.
* Chester William Nimitz [切斯特•威廉•尼米兹](1885–1966), b. Fredericksburg, Tex., promoted Dec. 1944.
* William Frederick Halsey [威廉•弗雷德里克•哈尔西。1945年9月2日,日本人在他的旗舰密苏里号的甲板上正式投降。](1882–1959), b. Elizabeth, N.J., promoted Dec. 1945.
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[1] On March 15, 1978, George Washington was promoted posthumously to the newly created rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Congress authorized this title to make it clear that Washington was the army’s senior general. [1978年3月15日,乔治•华盛顿还被追授为陆军特级上将。]
[2] General Pershing was given the option of five stars but he declined. [珀欣婉拒了授予他的五星上将军衔。]
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