Template:Did you know nominations/John L. Chapin

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 19:23, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that United States Army captain John L. Chapin refused five promotions in order to stay with his company? Source: [1] (He passed up promotion to major on five occasions to stay with his men.)
  • ALT1: ... that United States Army captain John L. Chapin's company once boycotted a burger restaurant in El Paso, Texas for discrimination? Source: [2] (The end result was that “the hamburger facility was placed off limits and the owners were later fined $500 for refusing to serve American soldiers.”)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/To Fly!

Created by Bsoyka (talk). Self-nominated at 19:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All criteria met. Both hooks are interesting for me, though I find the ALT more fun; then again, it'll be up to the DYK peeps. But it looks all good. GeraldWL 04:33, 3 March 2022 (UTC)