The Grossest Reason to Win a Medal
The above article from the May 21, 1919 issue of “The Sea-Sick Seattler” a WWI soldiers’ newsletter, relates the tale of a man rumored to have won a medal for the grossest reason ever: wearing the same pair of underpants for three months. (One imagines had that been true, his compatriots should have won medals for putting up with him!) However, the article intends to set the story straight: the man won the medal for raiding an enemy’s supply camp by himself and stealing a pair of underwear that was exactly his size.












