Word: medals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...packed six days of desk work into four, gave over one to his role in the homecoming of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. One thing Harry Truman does not like about his job is its fuss and fanfare. But one ceremonial task the President evidently does enjoy is awarding medals to servicemen and shaking their hands. On "Nimitz Day" he presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to eleven marines and three Navy men. He said to them what he always says on such an occasion: "I would rather have this medal than be President." He shook hands with...
...setting up the U.S. in world espionage. One generation removed from County Cork, he was the mild-mannered, studious type, got his antonymous nickname as a quarterback at Columbia. He was heroic, but no wild man, in World War I, where he picked up seven decorations, including the Congressional Medal. The Law & Politics. After the war he poked around China and Siberia, came home to work profitably at corporation law, less profitably at Republican politics. He helped mastermind the Hoover campaign, but the attorney-generalship plum fell to William D. Mitchell. Donovan ran for governor of New York...
Henry Stimson went home with his wife to West Hills, L.I., on his 78th birthday. The crowded week had brought him the Distinguished Service Medal, awarded by Harry Truman for 40 years of work, "exceptional in the history of the nation." There had been the big reception at Dumbarton Oaks, the farewell press conference, the final Cabinet meeting. Henry Stimson. correct and courtly as ever, loved...
...Alexander Fleming, penicillin's discoverer, presented Pope Pius with a plate for cultivating mold to be used in re searches. In return he received this year's Pontifical Medal (picturing the Good Samaritan), and was eulogized as "a geat benefactor of mankind...
Sergeant Joe Louis received the Legion of Merit medal for treating two million G.I.s to several million dollars worth of his pugilistic skill. Said Major General Clarence H. Kells: "You have made one of the greatest contributions to the reconditioning program for veterans. . . ." Said the laconic champion: "Sir, I am sincerely grateful." (Joe gently chided a youngster who asked him how he licked Max Schmeling: "Remember, little fellow, he beat...