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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of the men I worked with in the past was talking about his last few weeks of Army service. He worked in the mail room for his last bit of duty before mustering out of the Army. He and a buddy were just finishing up their time and ran the mail department with no issues.

Then a brand new Lt. arrived, and had to leave his mark. The Lt. had earned his rank in his mind, and he wanted to strut his stuff. So he ordered that all staff would wear Dress Uniforms the next day. All the enlisted men rolled their eyes, but sure enough all showed up in Dress Uniform. The issue was my friends buddy was a Medal Of Honor recipient. He was typical of most true heroes, and never talked about it.

So the new Lt. opens the door and a Sargent announces him, and he struts down the men in review. Then he comes to the Medal Of Honor recipient, and realized he has to salute the medal wearer. It almost killed him to salute a lowly corporal. He never tried the dress uniform bit again. My buddy said they all laughed hard at the bar that night about it.

Randy