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Military Sayings, Mottos, Truisms and Cheek
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I read somewhere that the British media once used photos of Montgomery picking up his pension cheque, to imply some kind of “how dare he” scandalous behavior on his part.
Then they found out he was not a man of particularly impressive financial means, and needed those cheques just to pay the rent lol.
It’s a pity he wasn’t American because his collection of a pension would probably not have attracted any special attention. Case in point: after the war, there was some high-level debate in the U.S. about whether the Navy’s last remaining five-star rank allocation should go to Halsey or Spruance. It eventually went to Halsey, but as I recall Spruance – who would fully have deserved getting a fifth star – was eventually (as a kind of consolation prize) rewarded for his WWII service by being retired on a full Admiral’s pay for life.
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I think your right Marc, I couldn’t remember that middle part. :-o
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