You can often find some comedy in the New York Times corrections section, and today is no different.

An article and a picture caption yesterday about the funeral of Sgt. Jose Gomez of Queens, who was killed on April 20 in Iraq, referred incorrectly to the Army representative who comforted his mother. She was a sergeant first class — an enlisted woman, not an officer. The article also misstated the name of a service medal that a general presented to Sergeant Gomez's mother. It is a Purple Heart, not a Purple Star. In some copies, a picture of the coffin being carried out of a funeral home carried an erroneous credit. The photographer was Ozier Muhammad of The New York Times. (Go to Article)

Not only do they not know that a sergeant isn't an officer, but they screw up what is perhaps the most recognizable military decoration. Purple Star? What kind of cocoon do you have to be living in to mess that one up?