1.   According to the newly uncovered documents, Daily did not serve in the unit, and did not receive the battlefield commission he described to the AP.

2.   Against the Sooners yesterday, the once-caretaker quarterback earned his battlefield commission.

3.   For his gallantry, Pendergrass was awarded a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, no small honor.

4.   He received a battlefield commission as a lieutenant and the Bronze Star.

5.   He had gone over there as a sergeant, but came home an officer after a battlefield commission.

6.   He saw action in Sicily as a platoon sergeant, and received a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant shortly before participating in the invasion of Salerno.

7.   He won a battlefield commission from Gen. William Westmoreland earlier in the war.

8.   He was severely wounded in combat and received both a battlefield commission and the Medal of Honor.

9.   He won a battlefield commission, the Medal of Honor and a host of other decorations.

10.   Williams willingly accepted the battlefield commission.