Exhibits


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Exhibition Copy University of California - Santa Cruz
Board of Councilors Meeting, 7 June 2012

Rare Flags Exhibit

Santa Cruz, CA, June 7, 2012: The Zaricor Flag Collection exhibited 34 flags and artifacts at the University of California Santa Cruz Campus for the Board of Councilors Meeting.

U.S. Army 5 Star
General Officer Flag
WWII

Date: 1944-1945

Media: Machine sewn wool bunting with cotton double appliqué stars.

Comment: This extremely rare wool flag is attributed to General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower. It indicates the personal presence of general officer of
that grade, the highest possible wartime grade in the United States Army. Its
rarity is underscored by the fact that only four men achieved the grade of General
of the Army during the war: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, and Henry H. Hap Arnold, all in December 1944. As Supreme
Commander of Allied Forces Europe (SHAEF), General of the Army Eisenhower
had responsibility for the planning and implementing the invasions of France and
Germany in 1944 and 1945, and after the war as Military Governor of the U.S.
Occupation Zone and later as Chief of Staff of the Army of the United States.
A General of the Army ranks immediately above a full general, and is
equivalent in grade to a Fleet Admiral in the U.S. Navy or a General of the Air
Force. The Army reserves the grade of General of the Army for wartime.
At present, this rank is vacant.

Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC3275) in 2009 from
the Jim Mountain Historical Collection via auction at Alderfer Auctions, Hatboro,
PA. www.FlagCollection.com

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