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I think that its author (who from memory was a British journalist) was told some fairly resounding tarradiddles
Dunno about that Cap! Considering Air American was widely known to be a CIA operation, start to finish.
I have heard some amazing stories and corroberation from Those Who Were There about stuff in the book and other things. If you ever pass through NH we can have quite a talk!
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One stripe with pointy part up (chevron for the Brits) as designator on sleeves.
I have never been in the military proper (or improper) but I for one Brit would refer to them as stripes, and have never heard them referred to as "chevrons". Possibly in a formal reference work on military insignia perhaps.
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never heard them referred to as "chevrons". Possibly in a formal reference Chevron : bent bar of an inverted V shape (Shorter OED-CD) I used chevron in case the word stripe was unfamiliar ...and I did not want them confused with a straight line "hash mark." And, yes, the word chevron is used in some military publications, usually (at least ones I have access to) that are from earlier times.  OK? wow
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As one who served in the U.S. Army back in the days of compulsory service and finished as a Sergeant, I can tell you that we call them stripes also, although they are technically chevrons. A PFC (Private 1st Class) has one stripe, a corporal 2, sergeant 3, then with various classes of sergeants "rockers" are added on the bottom of the stripes up to Sergeant Major which has 3 stripes and 6 rockers. These are on the upper part of the sleeves. One speaks, in the military, of "losing one's stripes" i.e., being "busted down" to "buck private" (the lowest grade), or of losing a stripe (demoted a grade) or of getting an additional stripe (being promoted). The "hash marks" alluded to by WOW, are short diagonal stripes on the lower part of the sleeve near the cuffs, and indicate length of service.
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Ever so slightly off-topic, but I've always loved the Royal Navy's badge for good conduct. It was technically awarded for " x years with no detected crime." Not ambiguous at all, is it? 
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<I wonder what would happened if lieutenant Clark left his post as a naval clerk to go to the Derby in Darby? "lieutenant" of course being an automatic giveaway for one's English of origin, as it were.>
Max posted this back in September in another thread, but no-one responded to it as far as I can see. So, why do the Brits and their dependants pronounce this word as "leftenant"?
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Bobyoungbalt >as one who served in the U.S. Army back in the days of compulsory service and finished as a Sergeant. Boby, would you remind me of the colors of the US Army Good Conduct ribbon? Was it -- as I recall -- red with white stripe? I'm sure you earned one!  My uncle John enlisted in Army after WW One and ended a Lt. General when he retired after WWII. When he wore Class A uniform, he proudly wore his good conduct medal earned as an enlisted man, along with his other decorations. wow
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I got the Good Conduct Medal, red with vertical narrow white stripes for not having gotten caught robbing any banks.
I traded it to an Aussie on a ship tied up next to us in Hollandia, now Port Moresby I think, for his campaign hat. I wonder what his reaction was when he found out about the medal. Perhaps it was just as well that we were many miles away before he did.
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Thank you for serving, Bill, Darling, from the bottom of my heart. To all of our servicepeople, for that matter.
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GCM
Bill got in an answer before I saw the question, since I'm not in my office (where my computer lives) on Sat. I got one, as he did, for getting though an enlistment without being court-martialled. Never wore it and don't know where it is. When I came back to the U.S. on a troopship from Germany, my duffelbag got lost in the confusion and my dress uniform (with the GCM in the pocket) was in it.
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