(“Hap”) Arnold, and, much later, Omar Bradley. The army’s five counterparts to the four five-star admirals were (in the order they were named) George C. However, he worked effectively with Army Chief of Staff George Marshall. Like a great many other naval officers, he was contemptuous of Douglas MacArthur and often found himself at odds with the army over the general’s self-promoting proposals. King was notoriously short-tempered and intolerant of those he deemed intellectually inferior. Like Leahy, he served from his post in Washington, DC. After William Leahy, he was the most senior naval officer in the war. Ernest King (1878-1956) “may have been the most overlooked strategist of the Allied planning councils.” He commanded the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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