Once more…

…by the numbers.

8 men
22 stars

And (at least*)

4 Silver Stars
6 Bronze Stars
1 Distinguished Flying Cross
3 Purple Hearts
15 Legions of Merit
24 Air Medals
2 Combat Action Ribbons (USMC)
3 Combat Infantry Badges (USA)

…not to mention dozens of commendation and campaign medals.

Versus…



I know who I'd follow into combat…

(* A note from the tin foil hat department. This list probably misses some good ones, but it was trickier than I thought. For instance, the official USMC bios of Generals Newbold and Von Riper, easily reached just yesterday, get 404s this morning. But the DoD couldn't be scrubbing their sites of the renegade retirees, could they?

Or could they?)