# Identify this WWII general? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654 "2011-02-17T01:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/1 "2011-02-17T01:52:53Z")
[Link](http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm119/badger60/general/?action=view¤t=IMG_5146.jpg) Not George Marshall, obviously, but the chap with him. ---
**Author:** ![NCDane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecccb3/32.png) [@NCDane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NCDane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/2 "2011-02-17T01:55:42Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Link](http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm119/badger60/general/?action=view¤t=IMG_5146.jpg) Not George Marshall, obviously, but the chap with him. Looks to me like Ike. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/3 "2011-02-17T08:04:48Z")
But wasn’t Eisenhower a five-star general? Or was Marshall the only five-star general in the ETO? ---
**Author:** ![NCDane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecccb3/32.png) [@NCDane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NCDane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/4 "2011-02-17T08:17:54Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/5 "2011-02-17T13:15:09Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/6 "2011-02-17T15:38:50Z")
Could he be this guy? > **[Henry H. Arnold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold)** > > Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, whic ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/7 "2011-02-18T01:32:28Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Could he be this guy? > > [Henry H. Arnold - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/8 "2011-02-18T04:06:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-wwii-general/571654/9 "2011-02-18T14:28:27Z")
[http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/5star.html](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