I find it mildy amusing that a U.S.A.F. serviceman,non flying, enlisted or
officer, is likely to have more confetti on his chest after 4 years man
who
served in the infantry in combat during WW2 in the U.S.

Barrett Tillman reported that Marion Carl, at the end of his career, thought
the system had been so debased that he would only wear medal ribbons for actual
awards for heroism, and wartime campaign ribbons. Official portraits of him
from 1970 show him as a Major General with four rows of ribbons, starting with
a Navy Cross with a Star in lieu of a second award.