Eva,
Thank you,maybe I'll scan my DL picture. A friend works there and I even had time brush my hair, before the picture was taken. It turned out GREAT! I did it to prove that Motor Vehicle Dept. actually can take a good picture. I did the old military picture after going into a hissy fit over something someone had said. All of them show different facets of me though.
ehBeth,
To paraphrase a line from "Blazing Saddles", "I don' need no stinking medals."
Besides those things might snag my dress.
and who in their right mind would want that?
Definitely not me! At 6'2', it's too hard enough for me to find properly fitted clothing, so I won't do it.
Those trinkets came from the government. My eagle feathers came from the People. Which do you think are more important to me? Not some silly old trinkets given for just doing my job and surviving a war where we were the invaders. Gee, does that sound familiar? Hmmmm?
I even told the Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division that I didn't want them, but he insisted. I asked that he give them to me privitely, he refused. So I had to wear a heavy wool dress uniform in 90 degree weather, in front of the entire brigade of 5,000 men! Luckily, after it was done, I was allowed to address these poor men, without swearing or calling anyone names. So, I called the brigade to attention and dismissed them!
They scattered like rats from a sinking ship. The general had a few choice words, but understood my being concerned for the men and their health.
Am I highly decorated? Only if I wear the Pathfinder badge on my beret! With it sitting well over six feet above the ground, I guess you might say it's a high decoration. :wink:
