Word: medals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...postwar muster. Wherever two or more met, they called the names of classmates who had died. But on the Texas A & M campus itself, where 10,000 mustered, the dead were so many (696 in World War II) that the list was abridged. The names of the four dead Medal of Honor winners were called. In strained, choked voices, four Aggies answered, "Here...
After a warming lunch (thick tenderloin steaks) and acceptance of a medal from Chicago's Mayor Kelly,* the President rode in an open car, its safety glass raised to full height, to Soldier Field. There, as his car edged around the arena, he returned beaming smiles for the cheers. But as he alighted at the north end of the amphitheater, somebody threw a tomato at the President of the U.S. If Harry Truman noticed it as it squashed on the cinder track he gave no sign...
...Passed a joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to General of the Army George Catlett Marshall (and members of the Army of the U.S.) and authorizing the President to have a medal struck off for General Marshall...
...maroon collar tabs and swagger stick exchanged for the traditional black morning coat, Sir Stewart is back in the operating theaters and wards of St. George's Hospital. Stored away with King George's decoration is the Nettleship Medal for three years' original experimental work in ophthalmology. This June Sir Stewart will visit San Francisco to receive the Howe Medal, top U.S. decoration for ophthalmology...
...Army is missing a bet in its distribution of medals. So far, Carole Landis has not been awarded a medal for having the largest chest measurement of any entertainer to visit the battle areas...