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Clark became one of the youngest American officers promoted to four-star general in which year?

  • 1945

  • 1943

  • 1944

  • 1942

Answer

In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had become the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, recommended that Clark be promoted to four-star general, despite the fact that Clark was only 45 years old and the youngest American officer to hold that rank. Clark was subsequently promoted to the position of Commanding General, Allied Forces Southern Europe, and served in that role until 1949.
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