By war's end, the soldiers earned seven battle streamers and two foreign awards.

By that measure, soldiers earn more than their civilian counterparts.

The soldiers have earned a name for themselves and their regiment in every exercise or operation they have been a part of.

But soldiers of the Vietnam years have earned 10 to 20 percent less in the civilian job market.

That's where a soldier earns his pay, hard under the enemy muzzles.

Each soldier earned 4,537 reis per month plus a daily ration of bread.

Three soldiers from this division earned the Medal of Honor.

We successfully cut through the red tape to deliver the full educational benefits these soldiers had earned.

Such details help to explain why soldiers typically earn more money than 75 percent of civilians with similar backgrounds.

Instead, the soldiers earned promotions and rewards by collecting the heads of enemies.