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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."
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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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.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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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.
War Is a Racket: General Smedley Butler « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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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.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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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.
War Is a Racket: General Smedley Butler « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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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.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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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.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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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.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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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.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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