<Tr> <Td> 16 . </Td> <Td> GA Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> November 19, 1945 </Td> <Td> February 6, 1948 </Td> <Td> Relieved from active military duties in 1948 . Recalled to active duty in 1951 to serve as first Supreme Allied Commander Europe . Retired in May 1952 upon becoming a candidate for President of the United States . Returned to the active rolls as a General of the Army in 1961, with no assigned duties . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 . </Td> <Td> GEN Omar Bradley </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 7, 1948 </Td> <Td> August 15, 1949 </Td> <Td> Resigned to become first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 . </Td> <Td> GEN J. Lawton Collins </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 16, 1949 </Td> <Td> August 14, 1953 </Td> <Td> US Representative to NATO from 1953 to 1954 . Special representative of the United States in Vietnam from 1954 to 1955 . US representative to NATO from 1955 until reaching mandatory retirement age of 60 in 1956 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 . </Td> <Td> GEN Matthew B. Ridgway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 15, 1953 </Td> <Td> June 29, 1955 </Td> <Td> Last World War I veteran to serve as Chief of Staff . Retired in June 1955, declining age waiver that would have allowed him to complete full term . </Td> </Tr>

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