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Hello BeenAroundAWhile, Thank you for checking my edits to Edgar Erskine Hume I do not mind the removal but I have one question I can understand why adding details about Edgar Erskine Hume career to the intro could be seen as "Too much puff" but why also removing the Military honors and decorations he received? doesn't the fact that he was "one of the most decorated and honored medical officers in the US army" along with the awards he earned deserved to be mentioned on his page? Thank you Best Regards Aeengath (talk) 20:01, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source for "one of the most"? BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 22:12, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

here you go:

link#1 Arlington National Cemetery Website link here "Major General Edgar Erskine Hume, a Kentuckian, who served in the Medical Corps of the United States Army for nearly 35 years, and whose brilliant achievement and exceptional service earned for him the distinction of being the most decorated medical officer in American history."

link #2 A Walking Tour of Historic Frankfort By Russell Hatter link here "the mother of the distinguished Major General Edgar Erskine Hume, United States Army Medical Corps, and the most decorated general in the history of U.S combat."

link#3 Congressional Record, the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, Volume 98, Part 1, By United States. Congress page 520 link here "the most decorated medical officer in American History"

link#4 The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 1952 link here "and exceptional service earned for him the distinction of being the most decorated medical officer in American history"

link#5 A History of the National Library of Medicine: (U.S.), National Library of Medicine (U.S.) link here "by the time he reached the end of his career he was the most decorated medical officer in the Army.

Major General Edgar Erskine Hume received an incredible number of decorations, thirty-nine of them from foreign governments Aeengath (talk) 02:16, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 16:29, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]