Possible Clues:

• Army rank last conferred in 1950
• Eisenhower, for one
• Douglas MacArthur was one
• WWII bigwig
• Military top brass brutal about injured sergeant on drip
• *Eisenhower became one in 1944
• Army post unused since the 1950s
• Eisenhower was one
• Marshall or MacArthur
• Rank last attained in 1950