[2ndDivisionVet]

Yes, even though he only wore four stars. But they were in gold, not silver. They designed a six star rank, in case we had to invade Japan, for MacArthur, so he'd outrank all the allied field marshals.

[shove_it]

Put a cherry on top, just for good measure for General Washington.

[rxsid]

"They designed a six star rank, in case we had to invade Japan, for MacArthur, so he'd outrank all the allied field marshals. "

The Navy did something similar for Nimitz:

"The rank Admiral of the Navy was seen as a six-star rank during World War II,[2] with the establishment of the rank of five-star fleet admiral. It was during this time that the Department of the Navy specified that the new 1944 version of the rank of fleet admiral was to be junior to Dewey's rank of Admiral of the Navy. During the preparations for the invasion of Japan, a proposal was raised by the Navy Department to appoint Chester W. Nimitz to the rank of Admiral of the Navy, or grant him some equivalent rank."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Navy_(United_States)