were worn by the Commander-in-Chief, General Washington. Four stars were authorized for the rank of General when the rank was established by Act of Congress on July 25, 1866. Grant was the first officer of the Army to hold the rank of General and to wear the insignia of four silver ...
While in the US Army, when someone was promoted, there was a “tacking on ceremony,” where your metal rank insignia was pushed into your collar, and then the CO, First Sgt., and selected others then hit your new rank, without the protective tabs into your flesh. Thankfully, in the ...
he must get the army back to Virginia with all speed. There was only enough ammunition for one battle, if that…and lee had to consider that Meade might aggressively seek to cut the routes south to the Potomac.”[9]Thus he wasted little time in preparing the army ...
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which is thinking "Oh man. That is a bad place to be on the ground" and there was a deadly silence on the radio. Until an Army helicopter pilot came on. Flying one of these things, the Chinook, and pilot said, "Look, I’ve got the gas. I can get there. I’ll go pick him ...