The Soldiers You Never Hear About

James Joyner · Wednesday, June 2, 2004 · 1 Comment

Kate O’Beirne is saddened that, because of the nature of press coverage, the American public knows the names of the Abu Ghraib 7 but almost none of the recipients of several Navy Crosses, 128 Silver Stars, and 3,700-plus Purple Hearts. She does her bit by profiling a few of them.

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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carsick says:

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 17:21

They’ve only given out 128 Silver Stars? The way everyone’s been talking about John Kerry’s military career, I assumed they gave those things out like candy.

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