Every President of the United States from the end of World War II in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s was a military veteran.
Sen. Barry Goldwater
“Tombstone promotions” first appeared at the turn of the 20th century and were not strictly honorary at their inception. Rather, these end-of-career promotions allowed officers to retire with the rank and pay of the next higher grade than the highest one they held on Active ...
