This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Even after almost forty years, not much .... and Army Chief of 
Staff General Gordon R. Sullivan ..... 8, 38, 178, 220, 230, 231, 232, Department 
of the Army; p. 12, U.S. ..... 43-year-old soldier with twenty-five years' ser- vice, 
had... [DOC] [TLE] Romania Military Photo US General MacArthur Officer Flag ... - eBay [PAR] In 1930, he became Chief of Staff of the United States Army.