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"Kevin Brooks" writes:

"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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No, he is merely pointing out the obvious fact that not *every* Silver
Star
was evidence of heroism, and his example of LBJ is an appropriate one in
this case.

I'd like to hear more bout LBJ's silver star.

After wrangling himself a USNR commission, he junketed to the southwest
Pacific and rode in a single sortie (some accounts indicate a milk run) on a
B-26. After he landed they pinned a SS on him, with appropriate press
coverage, of course. Pretty disgusting, all in all.

To make things even less palatable, the B-26 he was on had developed a
case of teh Galloping Ner-get-overs, and aborted the mission before
even coming close to the target area.


--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster