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"Brevet," said the President, "you have undergone an ignominious sentence, and you cannot take an oath."
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"Brevet," said the President, "you have undergone an ignominious sentence, and you cannot take an oath."
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The “favourite” was Brevet Captain Robert Orme, a lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards whom Braddock had appointed as his senior aide.
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During his 34 years of Marine Corps service, Smedley Butler was awarded numerous medals for heroism including the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (the highest Marine medal at its time for officers), and subsequently the Medal of Honor twice.
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The “favourite” was Brevet Captain Robert Orme, a lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards whom Braddock had appointed as his senior aide.
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Notably, he is one of only 19 people to be twice awarded the Medal of Honor, and one of only three to be awarded a Marine Corps Brevet Medal and a Medal of Honor, and the only person to be awarded a Marine Corps Brevet Medal and a Medal of Honor for two different actions.
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The “favourite” was Brevet Captain Robert Orme, a lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards whom Braddock had appointed as his senior aide.
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The “favourite” was Brevet Captain Robert Orme, a lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards whom Braddock had appointed as his senior aide.
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The man chosen to field this army was Brevet Brigadier General Zachary Taylor, then sixty-one years old and a veteran of every American war since 1812.
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The man chosen to field this army was Brevet Brigadier General Zachary Taylor, then sixty-one years old and a veteran of every American war since 1812.
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