Word: oakleaf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Donnell put his heavy arm on square-jawed Brigadier General Richard H. Carmichael. a wartime flying pal in the Pacific theater (two Distinguished Service Crosses, two Silver Stars, four Legions of Merit, and the Air Medal with three oakleaf clusters). Around the Pentagon, Carmichael was unofficially dubbed "Vice President of the Air Force in charge of Re-enlistment...
Moments after Dwight Eisenhower pinned a third oakleaf cluster on his Distinguished Service Medal, strapping General Matthew B. Ridgway, 60, retiring Army Chief of Staff, was all but cheered by his chic wife "Penny" and crew-cut son Matthew Jr., 6, who proudly inspected his father's newest decoration...
...brain concussion. At a beer counter, another casualty stood with his head bandaged and his eye black-the victim, like half a dozen others, of a falling Schindel. At tournament's end, Basel's Helvetia Society, with 1,112 points, no penalties, got the champion's oakleaf wreath and a two-gallon, silver-studded drinking horn brimming with white wine. Farmer Gruber, with 104 personal points and one incredible 340-yd. clout, was acclaimed the Schläger Koenig (batting king...
When the two men got together to say goodbye at the airstrip, MacArthur was graciousness itself once more. He stood at attention while the President pinned a fourth oakleaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal on MacArthur's open-necked shirt. MacArthur shook hands firmly, smiled and said, "Goodbye, sir. Happy landings. It's been a real honor to talk to you." The Independence took off for Hawaii at 11 a.m. The general was on his way to Tokyo five minutes later...