> > I think, if a soldier only fought in one *battle*,
> I wouldn't call him (or her) a veteran, even if
> they were a ranking officer.
>
> Not even if that one battle was a huge,
> important one like Gettysburg or D-Day?
>


I suggest that the analogy you're looking for is that one can be a veteran from a war, but not a single battle. Same way, you can be a veteran of a series, not a single episode.

jul"Now, if that war only has one battle, and if that \"series\" only has one episode...."ian