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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3456 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 

5 United States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas 

MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff 

College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of 

the 132nd Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army 

Command and General Staff College. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 

Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. BROWNBACK) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in recognition of 5 United States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, and Omar Bradley, 

alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide 

with the celebration of the 132nd Anniversary of the 

founding of the United States Army Command and General Staff College. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Five-Star Generals 

3 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the United States Army Command and 

7 General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 

8 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘CGSC’’) has, in its 

9 many evolutionary forms, served this Nation consist10 ently and well for 127 years, since its founding in 

11 1881; 

12 (2) the CGSC has played a decisive role in the 

13 education and training of officers, particularly in 

14 their field grade years of service, in times of war and 

15 peace, since its establishment; 

16 (3) the CGSC has had a salutatory effect on 

17 many fields of battle by providing its officer student 

18 bodies the necessary skills of battle management, 

19 leadership development, and the most modern and 

20 effective command and staff action procedures, all of 

21 which have been key to this Nation’s success in its 

22 many conflicts which, thereby, have preserved its 

23 freedoms and way of life; 

24 (4) the CGSC does not have a commemorative 

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1 minder to the holder of such coins of the service to 

2 the Nation its graduates have provided in war and 

3 peace; 

4 (5) the CGSC is the Nation’s largest and oldest 

5 military staff college, and continues to educate offi6 cers of all branches of the United States Armed 

7 Forces, select members of civilian government, and 

8 officers from many friendly and allied nations from 

9 around the globe; 

10 (6) located squarely in the American heartland, 

11 the CGSC will continue to serve as a beacon of light 

12 to the proposition of intellectual curiosity and pro13 fessional military excellence in the development of its 

14 students, and serve as a link to American citizenry 

15 grateful for the sacrifices, some in the fullest meas16 ure of duty and devotion to the Nation, made by its 

17 graduates; 

18 (7) the United States Army Command and 

19 General Staff College Foundation, Inc. (in this Act 

20 referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) is dedicated to pro21 moting excellence in the faculty and students of the 

22 CGSC, and to seek new ways to educate and remind 

23 citizens of the capable and selfless service of United 

24 States military officers, and to imbue in them a 

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1 tary leadership in the Nation’s wars and in times of 

2 peace; 

3 (8) the Foundation is a nongovernmental, mem4 ber-based, and publicly supported nonprofit organi5 zation that is entirely dependent on funds from 

6 members, donations, and grants for its functions 

7 and supports exclusively the CGSC; 

8 (9) the Foundation uses funding to provide the 

9 Margin of Excellence to the programs and activities 

10 of the CGSC in support of the educational needs of 

11 the general officer corps of the Armed Forces, and 

12 the faculty and staff attendant thereto; 

13 (10) in 2006, the Secretary of the Army accept14 ed the first Foundation gift in support of the CGSC; 

15 (11) the Foundation is actively engaged in the 

16 initial stages of its first capital campaign to support 

17 the CGSC; 

18 (12) the 5 Five-Star Generals who attended or 

19 taught at the CGSC at Fort Leavenworth are Doug20 las MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ 

21 Arnold, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Omar N. Brad22 ley; 

23 (13) Douglas MacArthur, General of the 

24 Army— 


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1 (A) was a distinguished soldier, scholar, 

2 and strategist who gave 61 years of service to 

3 his country; 

4 (B) commanded the 42d Division in World 

5 War I, and later served as the Chief of the 

6 Army General Staff; 

7 (C) prior to retirement, was the Military 

8 Advisor to the Commonwealth of the Phil9 ippines; 

10 (D) in 1941, was recalled to active duty as 

11 Commanding General, United States Army, Far 

12 East; 

13 (E) was awarded the Medal of Honor for 

14 his heroic defense of the Philippines; 

15 (F) after being ordered to depart the Phil16 ippines by the President, inspired the world 

17 with his statement, ‘‘I shall return’’; 

18 (G) led forces under his command to de19 feat those of the Empire of Japan; 

20 (H) after accepting the Japanese sur21 render, directed the highly successful recon22 struction of the Japanese nation, and served as 

23 the first commander of United Nations Forces 

24 during the Korean War; and 


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1 (I) son of General Arthur MacArthur, 

2 spent time as a child at Fort Leavenworth and 

3 taught as a Captain in the Field Engineering 

4 School, and served as the adjutant, quarter5 master, and commanding officer of the 3d En6 gineer Battalion (later reflagged as the 2d En7 gineer Battalion); 

8 (14) George C. Marshall, General of the 

9 Army— 

10 (A) entered the Army from the Virginia 

11 Military Institute in 1902; 

12 (B) during a long career of public service, 

13 distinguished himself as a leader, tactician, 

14 strategist, statesman and, truly, as the ‘‘Orga15 nizer of Victory’’; 

16 (C) in World War I, was regarded as 1 of 

17 the most talented staff officers in the United 

18 States Army; 

19 (D) after World War I, and after many 

20 long and challenging duties during the interwar 

21 years, was appointed United States Army Chief 

22 of the General Staff in 1939; 

23 (E) during World War II, achieved rec24 ognition as one of America’s greatest military 

25 leaders; 


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1 (F) as chief strategist of World War II, 

2 materially assisted in directing the Allied Pow3 ers to victory; 

4 (G) in 1947, was appointed Secretary of 

5 State; 

6 (H) had an outstanding career as a states7 man, proving equal to his brilliant military ca8 reer; 

9 (I) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 

10 his conception and implementation of the Euro11 pean Recovery Program, and, subsequently, 

12 served as the Secretary of Defense for 1 year; 

13 and 

14 (J) graduated from the United States 

15 Army School of the Line in 1907 and the 

16 United States Army Staff College in 1908, fol17 lowed by instructor duty at Fort Leavenworth 

18 in 1909 and 1910; 

19 (15) Henry H. ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, General of the 

20 Army— 

21 (A) is the only officer in the history of the 

22 United States to earn the ranks of General of 

23 the Army and General of the Air Force; 

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1 ceived his pilot training in 1911 from the 

2 Wright brothers in Dayton, Ohio; 

3 (C) became 1 of the Nation’s strongest ad4 vocates for air power, and personally held nu5 merous records and trophies for flying achieve6 ments, including the first delivery of United 

7 States mail by air, and many accomplishments 

8 in and from the air in the World Wars, particu9 larly in World War II, were heavily influenced 

10 by his genius; 

11 (D) as a result of his contributions, gave 

12 a third dimension to battles of World War II 

13 through massed air power, sweeping the skies 

14 of the enemy and denying to the enemy mobility 

15 on the ground; 

16 (E) received a citation which reads in part: 

17 ‘‘from conception to execution, General Arnold’s 

18 leadership guided the mightiest air force in his19 tory’’; and 

20 (F) was at Fort Leavenworth as a student 

21 at the CGSC from 1928 through 1929; 

22 (16) Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the 

23 Army— 

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1 sitions of military and civil leadership in the 

2 United States; 

3 (B) during World War II, as Commander 

4 in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force, led the in5 vasion of North Africa and the defeat of the 

6 German forces on that continent; 

7 (C) in 1944, as Supreme Allied Com8 mander, Allied Expeditionary Force, was in9 structed ‘‘You will enter the continent of Eu10 rope, and, in conjunction with other United Na11 tions, undertake operations aimed at the heart 

12 of Germany and the destruction of her armed 

13 forces’’; 

14 (D) in accomplishing that mission, com15 manded the largest combination of land, sea, 

16 and air forces in history; 

17 (E) following World War II, was instru18 mental in the development of the North Atlan19 tic Treaty Organization; 

20 (F) after his brilliant military career, he 

21 was elected 34th president of the United States; 

22 (G) served at Fort Leavenworth from 1917 

23 through 1918 as a tactical instructor officer for 

24 a course for lieutenants, and in 1925 through 


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1 1926, was a student at the CGSC, from which 

2 he was the honor graduate of his class; and 

3 (17) Omar N. Bradley, General of the Army— 

4 (A) throughout his distinguished military 

5 career, was recognized as an exceptional leader, 

6 tactician, and educator; 

7 (B) as Commandant of the Infantry 

8 School, developed the officer candidate pro9 gram, through which more than 45,000 leaders 

10 of United States combat forces in World War II 

11 were commissioned; 

12 (C) during World War II, successfully 

13 commanded a division, corps, Army, and Army 

14 Group; 

15 (D) while commanding II Corps, was in16 strumental in defeating German forces in North 

17 Africa and Sicily; 

18 (E) reached a peak in his successful career 

19 as a field commander when, as commander of 

20 the 12th Army Group, which contained the 

21 largest number of Americans to ever serve 

22 under 1 commander, he greatly assisted in the 

23 liberation of Europe; 


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1 (F) became the Army Chief of Staff in 

2 1948 and the first Chairman of the Joint 

3 Chiefs of Staff in 1949; and 

4 (G) was at Fort Leavenworth as a student 

5 at the CGSC, from 1928 through 1929. 

6 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

7 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 

8 of the Five-Star Generals’ attendance and graduation 

9 from the CGSC, and notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 

11 Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 

12 the following coins: 

13 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 

14 $5 coins, which shall— 

15 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

16 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

17 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

18 alloy. 

19 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

20 $1 coins, which shall— 

21 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

22 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

23 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per24 cent copper. 


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1 (3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

2 than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

4 (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

5 (C) be minted to the specifications for half 

6 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

7 31, United States Code. 

8 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

9 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

10 title 31, United States Code. 

11 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

12 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

13 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis14 matic items. 

15 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

16 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

18 minted under this Act shall include the portraits of 

19 Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 

20 Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, and 

21 Omar N. Bradley. 

22 (2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

23 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 

24 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

25 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2013’’; and 


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1 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

2 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer3 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

4 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

5 under this Act shall — 

6 (1) be selected by the Secretary, after consulta7 tion with the Command and General Staff College 

8 Foundation, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

9 (2) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advi10 sory Committee. 

11 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

12 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

13 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

14 (b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 coins mint15 ed under this Act, at least 1 facility shall be used to strike 

16 proof quality coins, while at least 1 other facility shall be 

17 used to strike the uncirculated quality coins. 

18 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

19 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

20 period beginning on January 1, 2013. 

21 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

22 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

23 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

24 of— 

25 (1) the face value of the coins; 


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1 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 

2 respect to such coins; and 

3 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

4 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

5 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

6 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

7 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

8 discount. 

9 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

11 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

12 before the issuance of such coins. 

13 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre14 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea15 sonable discount. 

16 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

18 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

19 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 

20 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

21 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol22 lar coin. 

23 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

24 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

25 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 


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1 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Command 

2 and General Staff College Foundation to help finance their 

3 support of the CGSC. 

4 (c) AUDITS.—The Command and General Staff Col5 lege Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements 

6 of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 

7 regard to the amounts received by the Foundation under 

8 subsection (b). 

9 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

10 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

11 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 

12 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

13 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro14 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

15 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

16 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 

17 effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary 

18 of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out this sub19 section. 

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