Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gifts & Decorations. There were more jobs of cordiality to do. The General returned to the White House, received from President Truman the medal of the Legion of Merit. In return he presented Harry Truman with two gifts: 1) a painting of Benjamin Franklin (by Joseph Duplessis), which Francophile Franklin had given to a Parisian friend in 1770; 2) a large bronze medal from the city of Metz, commemorating its Allied liberation last November. At another ceremony, General de Gaulle conferred France's Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Generals Marshall, Arnold and Somervell, Admirals Leahy and King...
Faculty members are expected to stream back shortly, though A. James Casner, professor of Law, is the only major figure to return so far. Professor Casner, who headed the University's War Service Bureau before he entered the service, was awarded the Legion of Merit while on overseas duty as a colonel in the Air Corps...
...dependent (but none for additional dependents). Points required for discharge: enlisted men 44, officers 49, enlisted women 29, women officers 35. About 307,000 became eligible for dis charge; 20,000 more could get out who had won certain awards (Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, D.F.C...
...hundred and two have been awarded 754 decorations for bravery and merit...
...commentaries every day got a closer look at the men they hear. Variety published a chart (headed "Gabbers' Dun & Bradstreet"), that listed the experience and political inclinations of 30 of radio's best-known commentators. For what it was worth, Variety also undertook to rate them in merit. Some of the findings...