Word: benavidez
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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Reagan's approach has a certain show-business tilt. He set out to engender new pride in the military. He ordered more prominent display of the Stars and Stripes. He insisted that the ceremony for Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, who was belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Viet Nam, be scheduled at the Pentagon, and he made the award himself. Reagan urged that rules on military uniforms be relaxed so that more servicemen would be encouraged to wear them off duty as well...
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