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To: iowamark
What do those chevrons on the sleeve of the General signify?
Always wondered about that.
58 posted on 11/06/2017 1:09:42 PM PST by StormEye
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To: StormEye

“What do those chevrons on the sleeve of the General signify?”

Each chevron represents six months service in a WWI combat zone.


70 posted on 11/06/2017 2:15:52 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: StormEye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Service_Bar


71 posted on 11/06/2017 2:16:19 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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