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From: dougs@tekecs.UUCP
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Subject: military inflation
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 17:56:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 17:56:51 1984
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According to an AP report by Fred Hoffman in the morning Oregonian, the
U. S. Army awarded a total of 8,612 medals to "our boys" for their role
in the liberation of Grenada last October. The maximum number of Army
troops in the occupation force was less than 7,000.

About 50 medals were awarded to personnel who never left the vicinity
of the Pentagon. Some were given to support personnel as far away as
Fort Lewis (in Washington state).

An Army spokesman defended its awards system as a "valuable and effective
leadership tool to build unit morale and esprit". Indeed.

What I want to know is, where's mine? I helped engineer the 4050 Series
terminals (renowned (at the time) for being the only terminal that could
fit down the hatch of a submarine), and I'm just sure there must have 
been a submarine somewhere nearby. If that isn't support, I don't know
what is.

				Not afraid to stand up for our boys in
				blue, especially if there's something
				in it for me,