Quick.
Entertaining.
A marvelously fun read Raymond Oliver, then the Curator for the Mc Clellan Aviation Museum (now the Aerospace Museum of California), was once asked by a colonel why her title was pronounced kernal and where her eagle insignia originated? That simple question began a quest to trace the development of various categories of rank.
What began as a paper, however, soon developed into a booklet, which eventually wound up as this book.
Have you ever asked yourself questions like: Why is Colonel pronounced kernal? Why does a Lieutenant General outrank a Major General? Why is Navy Captain a higher rank than Army-Air Force-Marine Captain? Why do Sergeants wear chevrons? If you are in the military, this book will give you a deeper appreciation for your rank and insignia-and you might find yourself wearing it with even more pride.
If you have not been in the service, or are a family member of one who is, this book might help to put an historical perspective on the often confusing layers of rank.
Either way: military, ex-military, soon-to-be military, friend or family.
it's a delight.
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Fireship Press Why is a colonel called a kernal? the origin of american ranks and insignia, paperback/raymond oliver
