Indeed, Sir William. I would estimate that half the gentlemen at the Burns Dinner we attended together last night had decorations displayed, from a couple of miniature medals, to one fellow with 5 rows of ribbons on his PC jacket (which to my eye looks very weird). I didn't wear my decorations, for the reasons I explained up thread, and you had on your civilian awards. But the American South and especially Virginia and West Virginia hve a very high level of military service and pride in such service.