Word: medals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Oscar Handlin is posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after he deftly parachutes through North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire in a futile attempt to rescue Harrison Salisbury. Vassar's president Simpson says he is "leaning" toward Princeton...
...there was a growing sense of competition in the top ranks of the Kremlin, Brezhnev - recognized all along by most experts as primus inter pares - was quick to minimize its importance. Said he as the new medal was pinned to his chest: "In the face of the great task that has to be accomplished, I am encouraged by an awareness of the fact that in the entire Central Commit tee and the government we are working as a smooth, harmonious collective, relying on each other's assistance...
...high doll whose face-a composite of 20 Congressional Medal of Honor winners-is instantly recognized in at least 10 million American homes. Launched over three years ago by Hassenfeld Bros, of Pawtucket, R.I., he has 21 movable parts that enable him to salute smartly, grasp the fork of a tiny mess kit with ease, crouch in a foxhole or squeeze into a Jeep. "He's like a real person," said Chicago's Jon Anderson, 5. And while some fathers worry that doll-playing is "sissy," others find Joe "real gutsy." Asks one mother: "How else...
...threaded before MacArthur could be moved from the Philippines to Australia and establish a new international command on the ruins of the shattered U.S.-British-Dutch-Australian setup. He had to respect MacArthur's legitimate pride and ignore the inexplicable pettiness that moved MacArthur to fight against a Medal of Honor for his comrade, Jonathan Wainwright, destined for a Japanese prison camp. Throughout, Marshall never wavered in his belief in MacArthur's military genius...
Sweating heavily, with both temperature and humidity in the 80s, Johnson peeled off his jacket, self-consciously patted his paunch, then sprang another surprise. He presented Westmoreland with a Distinguished Service Medal "for his courage, for his leadership, for his determination, and for his great ability as a soldier and as a patriot." Like the good soldier he is, the general betrayed no surprise, did not even turn his head when he heard the news. "American fighting men," concluded the President, "you have the respect, you have the support, you have the prayers of a grateful President...