field marshals of usa

Erwin you are most welcome

 

Well, maybe he was appointed field marshal of the Philippine Armed forces but that does not matter. He was part of USA Army and his rank was General of the Army, five-stars general, which is the equivalent of the ranks of maréchal de France, Generalfeldmarschall, Mareschallo d'Italia and British and Soviet field marshals, as well as many, many others Armies TOP rank.

 

I love it when the site "experts" are wrong, and then try and save face. Adolf, I bet if you could ask Mac..he would say that it mattered.

Yes, Truman wasn't going around addressing him as Field Marshal. Nor were any other americans, but in a certain part of the world Mac HELD, the rank of Field Marshal.

I have foreign medals that were awarded to me from my combat time in the army...........maybe those don't matter since they are not U.S. medals

 

I did not realize I had entered into a ....(drum roll).... contest.

Historical tidbit, though the rules may have been changed in recent times:
generals could not earn the Combat Infantry Badge.

 

Well, Root. I do not care about what you can say... and even less in that agressive way.

Medals and foreign awards do matter, I agree, but even if he was called a field-marshal it was the same bloody rank than the one he held in his own Army.

 

A bit off topic, but the CIB also did not count towards the point system during occupation either. That always seemed like a load to me, although I'm sure it was even more so to the fellas who were stuck overseas.

 

From what I can see adolf, your the one with the angry, mad faces in the second post of this thread.......trying to play the expert. From now on I suggest that if you don't know the facts on a subject.....DON'T POST.

See Ya around the forum.

 

Kampfgruppe-Root -
Your words of this morning seem intended only to create rancor and dissention among the troops. Your reference to 'adolf' appears to be meant as an act of provocation. I offer as my personal opinion that the icons used to precede posts can and should be generally ignored.

As to who might 'play the expert', I suggest that none of us - yourself included - can claim to know the FACTS on a subject. We can only draw occasionally correct conclusions from the evidence presented by those who went before us.

Even those present at an event can seldom claim to know the facts - only their perception of what happened. To know the truth of this, look only at a news report of an event at which you were yourself present.

Your "DON'T POST" admonishment to us should also be looked at in a mirror. We all stand at different levels of knowledge, perhaps even "expertise". You would also seem to prohibit questions from those such as I who seek understanding in areas where i am deficient.

Please relax, please forget (and I say this to all of us) the drum-rolls.

Doc Raider -
My CIB comment was meant only as a diversionary tool to try to turn us away from the collision we've just witnessed.

Otto -
If I've overstepped my rights here by lecturing, please remove this post.

 

Well said, MHN.

In moments of self-delusion I kid myself that I'm a (strictly amateur) 'minor authority' on Bomber Command - and then I went and screwed up bigtime over the Halifax bomber recently !
Ta152 swiftly put me right and yes... I learned something, and that's one of the reasons I'm on this forum.

Just my two penn'orth...

 

Funny how long one of hassan's threads is lasting!

 

Apart from anything, in case Mr. Root hasn't noticed the question concerned the US Amy, so essentially the herr General was correct, it does not matter that he was a FM in the Pillipino army for the purposes of this discussion because the USA didn't have an FM's, he was not a FM in the US Army. As for the 'expert' issue, I think that there are a few people on the forum whom i would reguard as being 'experts' (all be it maybe only minor experts) on certain things as, giving credit where credit is due, there are many exceptionally knowledgable posters on here. Just because you get something wrong does not make you cease to be an expert, if you believe otherwise then go tell a top surgeon who has lost a patient that he isnt an expert, or for that matter tell Einstein that he is not an expert at phyisics (though admittedly that would involve using a time machine which involves relativity....*goes cross eyed*). Then again I think I am the only one on this topic who has actually said anything incorrect and I can readily admit it, like I have probably said earlier I am no expert on Mac.

As for the angry face, that is because Hassan had posted about 50 posts in under 2 hours and was starting to thoroughly hack off many forum members, myself (and I expect herr General) included. That issue appears to have been resolved in a very mature manner (better than I have seen it done on some forums) and so is in the past. Anyhow, enough ranting, just out of curiosity which army did you serve with Root (if you dont mind me asking)?

 

I agree with Stefan! Let's calm down! And if you are going to play the bastard role, then do it with style, like AndyW does! (At least he bloody knows a lot of what he is talking about!) Just kidding, Andy!

 

Cheers!!

 

That must be directed at me,.. so what are you trying to say there professor?

 

if the suit fits you...

 

Fried--for your future info--I sorta think that von ROOT does know what he is talking about. I know him from other forums and knows his stuff there too my friend

 

Let's just agree that none of us know all...but are all knowledgable people. and lets calm down lol!

 

Well, Carl, the he only has to get the style to be an Andy...

 

Thanks for the kind words Carl

Some of these copy & paste professors don't know me very well.

Guys, I'll try not to ruffle your feathers anymore....(but it's so easy)

On a serious note. This is a great forum, with a great group of people. I look forward to many discussions and the exchange of info.

Cheers

 

It is all in the presentation. One may have a wealth of knowledge but is meaningless if the delivery is warped. Stick to the facts.