Identify this WWII general?

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

Link Not George Marshall, obviously, but the chap with him.

[NCDane]

@Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker

Link Not George Marshall, obviously, but the chap with him.

Looks to me like Ike.

[movingfinger]

But wasn’t Eisenhower a five-star general? Or was Marshall the only five-star general in the ETO?

[NCDane]

@movingfinger

But wasn’t Eisenhower a five-star general? Or was Marshall the only five-star general in the ETO?

Both were among the few who attained 5-star rank.

Without looking it up I am guessing promotions were not made
until after sometime after it was clear that Operation Overlord
was a success.

[MarcusF]

@NCDane

Both were among the few who attained 5-star rank.

Without looking it up I am guessing promotions were not made
until after sometime after it was clear that Operation Overlord
was a success.

According to wiki on 20 December 1944.

[mlees]

Could he be this guy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

@mlees

Could he be this guy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold

Thank you!

[The_Second_Stone]

I’ll agree that it looks like Hap Arnold, perhaps Ike, but the chin dimple suggests Arnold. Whoever it is was a four star at the time, so that narrows it down a whole lot.

[cerberus]

http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/5star.html

Marshall got his on the 16th
Eisenhower got his on the 20th
Arnold got his on the 21st