Word: medaled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stated that the Rev. Joseph Timothy O'Callahan [March 27] won the only Congressional Medal of Honor ever awarded to a chaplain. There has been at least one other-Chaplain John M. Whitehead of the 15th Indiana Infantry. The deed judged significant enough to merit the award occurred at the Civil War battle of Stone's River (near Murfreesboro, Tenn.) on Dec. 31, 1862. The medal was issued on April...
...other chaplains also received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War-they were Francis B. Hall of the 16th New York Infantry for action at the Battle of Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863, and Milton L. Haney for action in Atlanta in July 1864. During the Civil War, the Medal of Honor was the only decoration given for bravery. Some 1,577 medals were given to Civil War fighters, while only 429 were awarded during World...
...generated stubborn loyalties and intense hatreds. He was a realist who by the strength of his personality succeeded in making himself larger than life. He was a master of the imperial gesture, the meaningful touch that lent grandeur and drama to his image. His nation bestowed on him the Medal of Honor and 20 other decorations for gallantry and extraordinary valor, and he received similar decorations from many other countries. Yet he seldom wore a medal, and he could stand midst a troop of ribbon-festooned heroes and, by the jaunt of his corncob pipe or the tilt...
...Rear Admiral William E. Ellis, 55, new commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet (Mediterranean). Bill Ellis is a flyer's flyer, a tough combat pilot who has collected a chestful of ribbons that include the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. The men and officers of the Sixth Fleet can expect a stern disciplinarian and a "hard charger." In fact, says one fellow officer ruefully, "He charges so hard sometimes that he steps on the feet of his subordinates...
...sport effete-incorrectly, for swordsmanship throughout history has been equated with valor, stamina, agility. Fencing is still dominated by the swordsmen of Europe. Frenchmen have won individual foils in seven of the last 13 Olympic competitions. Italian Olympians have won the last six individual épée gold medals; even more remarkable, the Hungarians have won the team saber title in every Olympics since 1928, and failed to win only one individual gold medal in the past 56 years...