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Lieut. Will Rogers Jr., son of the late great humorist, and a Congressman from California who quit politics for war, was promoted to first lieutenant and awarded the Bronze Star for "heroism" in leading a patrol during the Battle of the Bulge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 26, 1945 | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

Lieut. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., late Navy flier son of the ex-Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism and courage" as a bomber pilot in his last flight over Europe last August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 26, 1945 | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

...Heroism of Keeping Clad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Immortals | 2/12/1945 | See Source »

...example - Technical Sergeant Edwin N. Rees. Not so long ago he was "the best office boy we ever had" (the U. S. at War Editor speaking). Now he is a rear gunner-and somewhere in Britain this week he wears a just-won Distinguished Flying Cross awarded for "extraordinary heroism" in bombing missions over Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 8, 1945 | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

...holds the Legion of Merit... Writer Hugh Fosburgh (now 2nd Lieut. Fosburgh) has the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters...and Captain David Walter Allard of our Cleveland staff has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart and the Croix de guerre with palm for "extraordinary heroism in action." (Allard volunteered to swim the Seine under heavy fire to scout out German positions - was wounded getting back - "despite great pain gave detailed accounts of the enemy disposition that contributed greatly to the success of the crossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 8, 1945 | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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