five-star general
Example Sentences
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Alhadeff’s had the horse’s barn named Ike, the nickname of Dwight Eisenhower, the former president and five-star general.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Army base has been named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the five-star general who commanded allied forces in Europe during World War II, then later became president of the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2023
The commission would rename Fort Gordon, Ga., for one already famous figure — former president and five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022
Under the commission’s recommendations, Fort Gordon, in Georgia, would become Fort Eisenhower, after Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was a five-star general in the Army before becoming president.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
Trim and rigid and oh, so military he was, the very figure of a modern five-star general.
From Cue for Quiet by Thomas L. Sherred
