Word: heroisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism . . . during an aggressive and successful submarine war patrol in the immediate vicinity of enemy Japanese coast line." He won the Silver Star Medal for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action." But last week the Navy said the Pompano, long overdue from her last patrol, must be presumed missing-iyth U.S. submarine reported lost. Tommy Thomas' record, still bright, had ended...
...Heroism & Ruins. The Führer said that Germany was "probably the only country . . . that has increased its coal production and subordinated everything to the demands of war by extreme restriction of private requirements." The homeland had stood up to the bombings so well that it could, he said, now be held up to the fighting forces "as an example of equal heroism and spirit of sacrifice." Indirectly, he testified to the destruction wrought upon Germany by the night-bombers of the R.A.F. the day-bombers of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. Matter-of-factly, as though there were...
...span of years-through Peter Cooper's 92, Abram Hewitt's 80, Edward Hewitt's 77-the picture unfolds of a day of unchecked productivity, where wealth was the reward of ingenuity, and the common good was the result of wealth, when patents, like decorations for heroism, were signed by the President, and the capitalist who backed a new mechanical device to better the lot of mankind (and make a private fortune) was the equal of a general, a commissar, a duke, or a mechanic...
...shows are badly written. The only one which is an exception is the fourth, "Mail Call," which tells the story of a dead soldier, as seen through the eyes of his friends. In the final part, they write a letter to his mother telling him of his heroism--despite the fact that every one of them saw him shot in the back by his sergeant while he was running away from the battle line...
Last week while an Army band played, a color guard and three platoons of WACs marched and wheeled and stood at at tention, a trembling Peewee did a front and center, stood alone. The adjutant read a citation: "For outstanding heroism and self-sacrifice," from General Dwight Eisenhower. On her O.D. blouse Major General E.S. Hughes pinned the first Soldier's medal awarded a WAC. Then, though the regulations do not prescribe it, towering General Hughes unbent in the middle, leaned down and planted a kiss on the glowing cheek of Private Maloney...