FYI

[Coexist]

General Wesley Clark: National Defense Medals & Awards

Defense medals and awards include the
• Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon
• Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
• Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
• Silver Star Medal
• Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
• Bronze Star
• The Purple Heart
• Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
• Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
• Kosovo Campaign Medal
• Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
• National Defense Service Medal (with Service Star)
• Army Staff Identification Badge
• Viet Nam Service Medal (with 3 Service Stars)
• Combat Infantry Badge
• Parachutist Badge (Airborne)
• Ranger Tab
• The Army Service Ribbon

General Wesley Clark: International Awards and Honors
International awards and honors include the
• Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom);
• Commander of the Legion of Honor (France);
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany;
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Orange-Nassau, with Swords (Netherlands);
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy;
• Grand Cross of the Medal of Military Merit (Portugal);
• The Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of Republic of Poland;
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
• Grand Medal of Military Merit (White Band) (Spain);
• The Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium);
• Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defense First Class (Czech Republic);
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic;
• Commander's Cross, The Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia;
• Madarski Konnik Medal, Order of the Madara Horseman, First Class with Swords First Class with Swords (Bulgaria);
• Commemorative Medal of the Minister of Defense of the Slovak Republic First Class (Slovakia);
• First Class Order of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania);
• Order of the Cross of the Eagle (Estonia);
• The Skanderbeg Medal (Albania);
• Order of Merit of Morocco;
• Order of Merit of Argentina;
• Grade of Prince Branimir with Ribbon and Star (Croatia) and
• The Meritorious Service Cross of Canada.

John McCain

- Silver Star Medal
- Navy Commendation Medal
- Legion of Merit with a combat "V" and one gold star
- a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Bronze Star Medal with a combat "V" and two gold stars.

[faithfulcitizen]

1. Yes, and one was 1st in his class and the other last in his class.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. nuff said!

[merci_me]

4. In defense of John McCain, he was not last

Of the 890 some people in his class, he was only 5th to last. Geez

[RNdaSilva]

6. Yes, give the poor guy a break...

ranking 885th, or thereabouts, is a little better than ranking 890th, or thereabouts.

Even Dwight D. Eisenhower did better than that. He ranked 61st out of a class of 164 at West Point, at least in the upper 50th percentile. Eisenhower, because of age, was denied entrance to the Naval Academy.

[southerncrone]

5. If Granpa & Daddy hadn't been Admirals, would he have even been accepted to a military college?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Kinda like * & Yale.

[RNdaSilva]

7. It's also been said that he got carrier assignments....

because of daddy and grandpa.

For sure, a "Top Gun" he was not.

[Coexist]

8. .

[Flying Dream Blues]

2. With all this sabre rattling he is looking even more like a great choice. nt