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Question: The heavily decorated, including those who won the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, or Purple Heart;

Answer: The heavily decorated, including those who won the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Purple Heart;

Question: "As each man is shot, whether he drops backward or to the side he forgets us, his own name, this place, civilization like the kiss"

Answer: "He forgets us, his name, and this place as each man is shot."

Question: Recommendation: The Department of Defense and its oversight committees should regularly assess the adequacy of Northern Command's strategies and planning to defend the United States against military threats to the homeland.

Answer:
The DoD and its committees should regularly assess the adequacy of Northern Command's strategies and planning to defend the US against military threats to the homeland