Word: heroisms
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...Committee's arguments for a Jewish Army are that: 1) it would provide an effective and belligerent military force;* 2) by proving the military courage and heroism of Jews it would counteract antiSemitism; 3) by giving Jews a place of their own in the fighting, it would guarantee them a part in the peace. To Jews who back the Army proposal, a part in the peace means a Jewish state in Palestine: the Committee is supported by most of the 400,000 American Zionists...
...left Bataan five minutes before its capitulation and during its entire terrible struggle I saw these wonderful women serve their country with heroism and fidelity. They were truly angels of mercy-dirty, underfed, overworked but always cheerful. They deserve individual medals for their heroism and devotion to duty, rather than to be depicted as they are in the play you reviewed and the play should return to its former "setting" and cease its slander of the wonderful nurses of Bataan...
...Distinguished Service Cross (Army) and its equivalent, the Navy Cross, for "extraordinary heroism . . . against an armed enemy...
...Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial heroism, against either nature or the enemy...
Besides these and the D.S.M., both services, particularly the Navy, give many lesser medals, such as the Soldier's Medal (for heroism not in combat, i.e., pulling comrades out of burning airplanes), Navy Good Conduct Medal, Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal...