Word: medals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cobourg, Ontario, the son of a laborer. He went to France with the 69th (which became the 168th Infantry) as its chaplain and later was commissioned a Major. For bravery under fire Father Duffy received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Croix de Guerre with Palm; he was made a member of the Legion of Honor, cited for valor. He was called "the ideal army chaplain and the ideal parish priest" by Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Said Father Duffy: "If anybody sticks a pin into me, he'll find that I'm very American, very Irish...
...graduated from Georgetown University. From Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.) was graduated Paul All-man Siple, Erie Boy Scout who accompanied the Byrd expedition to the South Pole in 1930. At Germantown Academy (Pa.), Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy Jr., son of the Athletics' famed manager, won the Robert E. Lamberton Medal for the best record in athletics (baseball, basketball, football) and scholarship...
...coast of Portugal. Astonished airmen marvelled at his "dumb luck." Pilot Hausner's attractive wife, Martha, and the pastor of the Polish-Catholic Church in Newark, N. J., which they attended were joyful but not astonished. They remarked that Pilot Hausner had carried a medal of St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers...
...Passed a bill bestowing a Medal of Honor upon Richmond Pearson Hobson for his attempt in 1898 to blockade the Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor by sinking the Merrimac...
...They had to play against Joyce Wethered, indisputably the ablest lady player in the world. Since Joyce Wethered has stopped bothering to win ladies' championships, U. S. women have had a chance. The chance seemed better than ever last fortnight when Maureen Orcutt won, with a 151, the medal in the first qualifying rounds ever held before a British Women's amateur championship. Six other members of a U. S. team that had beaten England the week before qualified for match play...