Not Twenty, Just one?

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I was going to do this as a twenty guestion, but all the Hints I could come up with probly would have made it to easy. So.

Who was the only US Navy Admiral During WWII (1944 to be specific) to hold the rank with SIX STARS?
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King?
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Nope
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Can't be Nimitz, can it?[&:]
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Hint: He was already dead.
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This is a very good one, RB. I have no idea...[&:]
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Dewey
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In 1899 Congress made Admiral Dewey, Admiral of the Navy.

Congress also decreed that Dewey would "always" be senior to all other Admirals.

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Dewey was designated by an act of Congress in 1899 to be senior to all US admirals.

Not far down the road from me in Lorain Ohio is Admiral King High School.
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Learn something new every day... Thanks, RB!
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Not to bad for an Army Guy[:'(]
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Pershing got the same deal BTW, though Washington is senior to him.
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Would this be correct?

Westmoreland: 5 Stars (I forget did Abrams have 5)
Pershing: 6 Stars
Washington: 7 Stars

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Geroge C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, and Henry H Arnold all had US Army 5 star rank. I don't believe either Westmoreland or Abrams did.

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I thought Westy had the 5th. star for a little while?
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