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What military rank did John Huston hold when he left the U.S. Army?
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John Huston
John Huston (left) on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
John Huston held the rank of major when he was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945. During his service with the Army's Pictorial Service, he directed and narrated several notable World War II documentaries and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his work under perilous conditions.1