Word: brigadiership
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...Morocco at the age of 17, helped General Milan Astray form the Spanish Foreign Legion, and got his first working knowledge of fascism when he was picked by Dictator Primo de Rivera to act as liaison officer with the French in the Riff campaign of 1925. He won his brigadiership and the distinction of being the youngest general in Spain at the age of 34. When a military academy was established at Saragossa young Francisco Franco became its first director...
...early year being spent in the Southwest where he campaigned against the Indians so faithfully and bravely that Congress conferred its greatest gift upon him--the Congressional Medal of Honor. Many people, too, think that President Roosevelt jumped him over the heads of many hundreds of officers to a Brigadiership, when as a matter of fact it was President McKinley who made him a Brigadier because of his talents exhibited during the Spanish War. Readers will recall that Wood was the first commanding officer of the Rough Riders and Roosevelt was second in command. After the first battle near Santiago...
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