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The way you jumped on Thomas for using the word is what spurred me to respond. I don't think he meant anything disrespectful or sensational about it.
My father and all my uncles served in the Marine corps during WW2. All of them did heroic things deserving of a Medal of Honor. Only one (my uncle Leo) received the Navy Cross and he never spoke about it even to his wife. He could have cared less what the terminology was. He just thought of those who didn't come home.