Yazici.

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Yet one more instance of a senior military man of flag rank [general or admiral] taking a reduction in rank solely for the privilege of commanding troops in combat.

Tahsin Yazıcı. Commander of the Turkish Brigade the Korean War.

"He commanded the Turkish Brigade during the Korean War. His brigade saved Americans in Battle of Kunuri. Though it was initially placed as a reserve for the U.S. 8th Army, the collapse of the front in the face of massive Chinese attacks on 26 November 1950 meant that it soon found itself in the thick of battle."

General Yazici a one-star general officer accepting quite willingly a reduction in rank to that of Colonel in command of a brigade. General Yazici a veteran of Gallipoli during the Great War [WW1].

Hardly can we forget too and worth a mention the Frenchman Ralph Monclar. Commanded the French battalion during the Korean War. General Monclar taking a marked reduction in rank from three-star general to that of Lieutenant Colonel again for the purpose and privilege of commanding a battalion in Coree'.

"Raoul Charles Magrin-Vernerey, who in World War II shortened his name to Ralph Monclar"

"Their leader [French battalion in Korea] was a battle-scarred veteran of the Legion who led them in battle wearing his monocle, a beret, a bright red scarf–and using a cane to compensate for his limp. Sixty-year-old Raoul Monclar, as he called himself, had given up his three-star general’s rank and his true name of Magrin-Venery and had reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, since general was too high a rank for a battalion"

General Monclar wounded seven times from combat the Great War and being 90 % disabled. Fought with the Free French in World War Two and finally in Korea.

Cane when carried for disability and additionally symbolic of the sword that was wielded by the military knight and gentleman-at-arms of yore!

These men we can respect for their willingness to enter the fray without regard to their senior position. Admirable!

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