Word: heroisms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some day Chinese chronicles will record the whole story of the South China campaign in all its glory and disgrace, its heroism and cowardice, its sacrifices and intrigues...
Last week the President awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for heroism, to six of them. Two of the heroes, both marines, were dead. Their mothers came to the White House in their place. From El Paso came Mrs. C. Jane Hawkins, whose son, Lieut. William D. Hawkins, after being wounded on Betio Island, had fought on for hours-to die from Jap gunfire. From Worcester, Mass, came Mrs. George F. Power, whose son, Lieut. John V. Power, died outside a Jap pillbox on Namur Island, holding his left hand to a stomach wound...
...fire, the other aid men and I have left our slit trenches to give aid to our wounded buddies. At the same time we saw our litter bearers risking their lives trying to evacuate the casualties from the field. Several of us were awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in combat...
...Miniver" taught us about our British allies; "North Star" showed us the life of the Russians; and now "Dragon Seed" gives a highly effective presentation of the heroism of the Chinese people...
Wilbert Winkle, having demonstrated budding heroism by breaking out of his bank cage and starting a fix-it shop in his garage, can be counted on by experienced movie-goers to bloom properly when transplanted from Benton, Calif, to the South Pacific. He does, by wiping out a machine-gun nest with a bulldozer, and comes home a hero even to his wife. Mr. Winkle has its moving moments, but the total effect is about as convincing as if professional tough guy Edward G. Robinson were to play the part of the mild little bank clerk-which he does...