Most Decorated Soldiers

leadership is bound in the individual "virtue " of the man in charge
, it's the nazi fuhrer principle , the personnal example of dynamic
transformation of a group of individuals into one body , one purpose .
there will always be such men , but an army is an averaging system .
dedicated to producing reliable results by tried and true means .
it is a constant than ina country at peace the commanders are chosen for
their organisational and political talents , after all those are important skills
to maintain the armed force in some shape against the constant pressure of
budget cuts .
when war happen , it is a healthy commander who assume than his
command is in need of a serious shakeout . including himself

 

MY DAD.

On April 14th. on this thread I posted an expression that was not understood by 'Woody' or 'Roel', it was 'My Dad can beat your Dad', I later tried to explain it but a cartoon in todays Daily Telegraph will probably do it better. It is by top cartoonist 'MATT' and refers to the news that a 63 year old woman is expecting a baby by IVF treatment.

 

I respectfully disagree that the debate had descended to the level of play-ground insults. I was arguing the case that rating fighter pilots on their confirmed kill tally alone was flawed in a number of respects, Majorwoody was arguing against that. Woody was trying to draw other parallels, I tried to demonstrate that such parallels were equally flawed.

Both views are valid (Although I was right of course ), but I don't see that it got down to the level of the playground, and it's certainly no different to the other "-piece of equipment/troop type- X is better than piece of equipment/troop type Y" discussions that inevitably crop up.

 

yes it is...

 

I belive the most decorated soldier for Germany was Michael Wittman

 

well from what I can find anyways

 

Check out Hans Ulrich Rudel's decorations.

 

I was going to mention him, but I think the fact that Rudel was an Airman rather than a soldier is important in that statement.

 

Yes. you are correct about that Simon. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

greg...the us military does have lots of "i was there " medals....(my dad had a bunch of them).....it does not detract from the silver stars ,purple hearts or moh....but i can see merlins point...

 

There is nothing wrong with campaign ribbons which is what "I was there" medals are or other ribbons or medals awarded for other non-combat related service or achievement. There is a difference between campaign ribbons and personal decorations.
BTW how do you know how the ribbons worn by US servicemen compares to those of other nations?

 

I think that the issue of American decorations only really became anything more than a sarcastic remark or two when American servicemen started appearing over here with chests full of ribbons, compared to the average Brit soldier who would be particularly brave/daring to get just one. Just another advantage them darn Yankees enjoyed over the British lads when competing for the attentions of the British ladies.

 

over paid ,over sexed ,over here and over decorated/