Will General Petraeus Get A Fifth Star?

A Fifth Star For General Petraeus? -- Time Magazine

A pair of combat vets argue in this morning's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that it's time for Congress to award Army General David Petraeus an extraordinary fifth star. Four stars are the highest standard rank in the U.S. military; nine five-stars were awarded during World War II to officers like Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall and Nimitz. Gen. John Pershing held the rank during World War I. George Washington also got it -- in 1976.

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Update #1: A Fifth Star for David Petraeus -- Pete Hegseth and Wade Zirkle, Wall Street Journal
Update #2: Vets group wants a fifth star for Petraeus -- Stars And Stripes

My Comment: It's not going to happen .... but the wishing goes on.

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