Yeah, I know that Audie Murphy won two Purple Hearts but I reckon that
Europe has probably been more indulgent over the past century or so.

The nominee must have at least a Dukedom, a Legion d'Honneur and some
British Honour to his/her name.

Any ideas?

Murphy won FAR more than 2 purple hearts, including the Medal of Honor
and the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier among many others:

http://www.aurumdragon.com/index4.html

regards;
tutuzdad-ga

According to a press release from 1998, the most decorated military
hero in the U.S. was Audie Murphy, receiving 33 military awards and
decorations. He also recieved 5 awards from France and Belgium. ("As
Presidents' Day Approaches, Fossella Seeks to Honor Audie Murphy"
http://www.audiemurphy.com/ltr14.htm )

Interestingly, there can be no official claim for the title of "most
decorated," as "it has been a long-standing and unwritten policy of
the [American] Army that no single soldier or veteran is ever named
officially as the most decorated person in a conflict or in a
particular period of time....[The Army] has never searched through its
millions of individual records to find top medal winners." ("Most
Decorated Living Soldier?" http://slate.msn.com/id/2381/sidebar/51014/
)

Another website claims that the most decorated British military hero
is Canada's Lieutenant Colonel William Barker; he was the recipient of
The Victoria Cross; the Distinguished Service Order and Bar; the
Military Cross and Two Bars; the French Croix-de-Guerre; two Italian
Silver Medals for Valour, plus three Mentions-in- Despatches.  ("Who
is Canada's Most Decorated War Hero?
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/canada/barker.asp )

Kriswrite

Keywords:
"most decorated" military

This guy:


http://www.sirkali.org/medals.gif

P.S.

...and a very happy birthday to you, too!

paf

Lydia the tattooed lady?

One suspects that the most decorated persons are / were creatures such
as Idi Amin. He bedecked himself and proclaimed himself the King Of
Scotland.

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