Colonel since Brigadier is a 1 star general (US)
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Paul Tibbets, famed pilot of the Enola Gay, was a Brigadier General in the US Air Force.
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The normal military meaning is "private (soldier)", the rank below corporal.
At the beginning of the war, George Meade became a brigadier general, and later he was promoted to major general. At the Battle of Gettysburg he held the rank of general.
James Stewart obtained the rank of Colonel at the close of WWII and retired as a Brigadier General of the US Air Force in 1959. The Director John Ford was promoted to a Rear Admiral when he was dying in 1973. Actor Clark Gable was an Army Major.