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The job won him an oak-leaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal, and the British named him an Honorary Knight Commander.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

Garet looked over where Chanlis hid in the oak-leaf bushes.

Chanlis and Desira « A Fly in Amber 2009

Hailing from a poor Catholic neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., Donovan 1883-1959 won early renown as the most-decorated officer of World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, two Purple Hearts and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011

The job won him an oak-leaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal, and the British named him an Honorary Knight Commander.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

"Stoli and a fantastic cold-water platza oak-leaf beating."

Feasting and Sweating to the Stoli 2011

“I received the Purple Heart for the first incident and two oak-leaf clusters for the subsequent wounds.”

Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

“I received the Purple Heart for the first incident and two oak-leaf clusters for the subsequent wounds.”

Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

In the years between my marriages -- the 1980s and '90s -- I'd usually wind up at a friend's Thanksgiving celebration as a stray, and often had a fine time, except when it rained and I'd have to maneuver in the dark, on oak-leaf slicked winding roads back to my Westchester house.

Lea Lane: Two Faraway Thanksgivings, And What I Learned 2009

Although these look complex, all you really need to notice is whether the person is wearing a chevron or “stripes” (meaning he is enlisted), metallic bars (a junior officer or warrant officer), oak-leaf clusters (a midlevel officer), or eagles or stars (a senior officer).

Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009

Although these look complex, all you really need to notice is whether the person is wearing a chevron or “stripes” (meaning he is enlisted), metallic bars (a junior officer or warrant officer), oak-leaf clusters (a midlevel officer), or eagles or stars (a senior officer).

Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009