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Eisenhower

Fifteen Marines would earn the Medal of Honor during the conflict

for ‘Stars ‘n’ Stripes’

Those closer to home were allowed the opportunity to see family and loved ones

He vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson

16101 Continental Line Officer Standing At Ease John Jenkins Airplanes EisenhowerThe majority of the enlisted men of the Continental Army came from the working class and were motivated to volunteer for service by specific contracts that promised bounty money, regular pay, food, and clothing. The officers of both the Continental Army and the state militias were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to oppose the policies of the British Crown. Uniforms for officers were usually