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Picking up on this attractive advertising gimmick, the U.S. Army has apparently introduced its own brand of "get a check," but this time, it's called "get a medal. You just had to have had something--anything to do with last October's Grenada invasion and you would get a medal...
American citizens need to be able to count on more than occasional fits of elan. Just like the rest of us, the Army has bad days--and while they were on a not streak in Grenada some day it might not all click. If it doesn't, we'll need more than buckets of trinkets to save the country...
...accused Mondale of having an indecisive stance on U.S. foreign policy in Central America, citing the candidate's delayed opposition to the invasion of Grenada...
...Grenada, legions of honors
...last year's invasion of Grenada, by any measure a quick and efficient operation, the U.S. Army last week disclosed it had awarded 8,612 medals. What made the back-patting noteworthy was that no more than about 7,000 officers and enlisted men ever set foot on the tiny Caribbean island...