Word: medals
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Tall, jovial Howard Bruce was director of matériel for the Army Service Forces in 1944-45, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his work in "developing and managing the greatest military procurement program in history." He was a Democratic national committeeman from Maryland for 14 years, lives with his wife in Elkridge, a Baltimore suburb...
...Post-Dispatch received a $500 gold medal; individual prize winners, $500 each...
...Bruce Rogers, top-shelf book designer, the American Academy of Arts and Letters paid its highest honor-a gold medal the academy had created in 1915 and awarded only six times...
Professor Whittlesey, whose permanent appointment will not be touched by the University action, has just returned from a trip through the Middle-West, where he received a medal from the Chicago Geographical Society for geographical research...
...Congress made minor amends for the major court-martial of the late General William ("Billy") Mitchell. Twenty-two years after the pioneer plugger of air power resigned from the Army, a special posthumous medal was presented to son William...