Word: medals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rescue of torpedoed seamen from the North Atlantic, Lieut. Henry Keene Jr. lost part of a tooth in an underwater fight with a drowning man, but hauled him in. Half-hour earlier he had gone overside to rescue a mongrel dog, got a Humane Society medal and the dog for his reward...
...eight men receiving citations, two were from the QM corps. For excellence in first year work, the first medal went to Clinton S. Banks, and for second year proficiency a similar award was presented to Norman Racusin...
...back, he jumped. The chute snapped open, held-but Smith lost his grip on his friend, saw him plummet to his death. When Smith floated down to earth, he was taken prisoner. Last week, for a brave try that went wrong, the Air Ministry awarded him the Distinguished Flying Medal...
...Major General Robert Olds, seriously ill of pneumonia in Tucson, the Army last week gave the Distinguished Service Medal, its highest award this side of battle...
...minutes. Twice he led flights of Fortresses on South American good-will junkets. Photogenic as a Hollywood ace, he and his B-17s became standard fare in newsreels and rotogravure. For organizing the pre-Pearl Harbor Army Ferrying Command he became a major general at 45 (and won his medal). His last job: Commanding General of the Second Air Force (Western U.S.), from which he was recently relieved...