Just a personal note, (not trying to start this tread up again), but I did meet BG Ted Mataxis several times as a lowly Cadet attending the Valley Forge Military Academy (class of '85). I too recall him him calling his CIB his "Perfect Attendance Award". As a young man I was in awe of him at VFMA. In my mind he was always the true example of the "Tough Old Warrior". Though I never knew him on a personal basis, I always felt that he was a leader you could follow to the gates of hell... without thinking twice about it! John