The Secret In The Steppes Thought Safe For All Time (Genghis Khan)

Washington Post ^ | 2-9-2006 | Edward Cody

[wildbill]

I think the sack of Baghdad came after Gengis Khan (Timur-i-leng? known as Tammerlane in the West)

Whoever it was, when the city refused to capitulate, he ordered everyone killed and reportedly over 700,000 died. They made huge pyramids of human skulls.

[Red Badger]

If true, I'd doubt there would be a wall of stones around the site.

Just look for a large mound of petrified Horse Shiite!......

[dsc]

"how did he end up with 11 medals"

I can shed a little light on that. Can't be sure of everything because the photo is B&W and small, but...

Bottom row, the two that look black are rifle and pistol qualification ribbons. OCS officers often do that to pad out their fruit salad.

Moving up, next there are the Viet Nam Service and Campaign. Those, as you know, are automatic, "I was there" ribbons.

Rows 2 and 3 center are a couple more automatics: the combat action ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal. The army doesn’t have the equivalent of the combat action ribbon. All this ribbon (no accompanying medal) means is, “somebody shot at me once.” It is definitely not the equivalent of the CIB. The NDSM, as you will remember, was passed out with the rations.

Second row from the top, right, horizontal stripes is the Presidential Unit Citation, which can have meaning, but I doubt that it does in Ensign Band-Aid’s case. He probably wasn’t even there when the unit won it.

Can’t tell for sure, but I think the one with two stars, second row from the top, left, is the Navy Commendation (third award). However, I don’t see a combat “V” on it, so it is also meaningless. Right below it is, I think, the Navy Achievement Medal, and I don’t see any combat “V” there either.

So, of the eleven ribbons he’s wearing, the only ones that mean anything are the two on top, and we’ve all heard how he got those.