Template:Did you know nominations/Jim Gant
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:07, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
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Jim Gant
- ... that Special Forces Major Jim Gant has been compared to both T. E. Lawrence and Colonel Kurtz? Source: But it was a long, hard fall for a visionary still called "Lawrence of Afghanistan" by two of the war's now retired top commanders, Army Gen. David Petraeus and Navy SEAL Adm. Eric Olson, in honor of the British officer T.E. Lawrence who led the Arab Revolt a century ago; "There is a belief [in the Army] that you went COL Kurtz and went totally native,” an Army comrade wrote to Gant"
- Reviewed: This is my first DYK, don't think I should do a QPQ.
Created/expanded by Cerebellum (talk). Self-nominated at 01:28, 23 April 2020 (UTC).
Hook is interesting and double inline cited to ABC News and Time, both of which are RS. No QPQ required. Article is new enough (created April 22) and NPOV. No image. My only concern is that this may be a case of WP:BLP1E as the Silver Star is not enough to confer inherent notability. Ultimately, however, I think this crests the threshold. Looks good. Chetsford (talk) 17:14, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
