Word: awarders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...portico of the White House, the Army band sounded ruffles and flourishes as. promptly at noon. President Eisenhower strode on to the porch. Around the necks of seven stiffly uneasy Korean war veterans, the President clasped star-spangled blue ribbons from which hung the nation's highest military award: the Medal of Honor. The language of the citations told of deeds of steel and fire and unyielding spirit...
Laid up with a virus infection at his winter home in Pinehurst. N.C.. General of the Armies George Catlett Marshall, 72, got some news better than any medicine. After 52 years of Nobel awards, five Norwegian politicians picked Old Soldier Marshall as the first professional military man ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The 1953 award (a tax-free $33.954) went to him for a civilian achievement: his prime-mover's role as author of the Marshall Plan, which has helped Western Europe's ravaged economies through postwar convalescence. At week's end Marshall flew...
Athletic Director Thomas D. Belles termed it "a special award in recognition of Hawkins' accomplishments in notional and international competition since enrolling at Harvard...
Selected on the basis of academic record and demonstrated leadership ability, the 14 award recipients are eligible for Regular Army status as commissioned officers...
...Distinguished Military Student Award makes the cadets eligible of regular army commissions, instead of reserve commissions, upon graduation...