A recurring complaint made by Army generals in WWII was that the then glamourous Navy was poaching all the highest quality men and they were left with the cretins. As a sample of the best, consider US presidents: JFK, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Bush all served in the Navy.
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The old aristocratic prestige of naval officers seems strange now, I think largely because war movies have made more exciting, face to face killing seem so much more prestigious. Of all Pres candidates since the war only Dole was a genuine blood and guts infantry hero.
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When Eisenhower left high school his first choice was the attend the Naval Academy, but there were no slots left in his congressional district so he went the Army instead
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