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Re: [Gen'l Info] 5 star rank--One last time
Posted By: Mike Davies (199.248.200.254)
In Response To: [Gen'l Info] 5 star rank (Ron Fox)
Date: Monday, 28 July 2003 0937 hrs. EDT
My first post was bill as introduced. They following was how it was inacted into law:
Joint Resolution of Congress, Public Law 94-479, dated 11 October 1976 provided for the posthumous appointment of George Washington to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States, such appointment to take effect on July 4, 1976. This resolution stated that "it is considered fitting and proper that no officer of the United States Army should outrank Lieutenant General George Washington.
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