Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...army revoked awards for valour given to three army servicemen involved in a "friendly fire" incident during the Gulf War. Cpl. Douglas Lance Fielder was killed when soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment mistook his unit for a group of Iraqi soldiers. A report to be issued by the General Accounting Office recommends that the medals be revoked because the soldier's commanding officers lied about where the battle took place so that it looked as though Iraqi troops were involved in the engagement. The three soldiers will keep their Bronze Stars, which were given to nearly everyone...
...coffee dribbled down his chin and his words turned to mush. These symptoms of a mild stroke quickly cleared, but not the cause: cardiac arrhythmias that required the planting of a pacemaker in his chest. West variously refers to this retrofit as his "titanium tit" and that "little lead soldier ... making a small battuta on my suet...
...Morris Dees civil suit, Burt was never charged in the murder. He defended his role on a television talk show, saying, "If I am a general with troops under me and I give them a game plan and send them out, I can't be responsible for every soldier in that army...
Henry V. Through March 25. AmericanRepertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge.547-8300. Civil war is at an end and the youngking must turn his attentions to the turmoilsabroad. From the tavern at Eastcheap to the fieldsof Agincourt, the pageant continues as Hal proveshimself a great soldier and statesman, finallymeeting Katharine, the beautiful daughter of theKing of France, who teaches him his first lessonsin love. Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 and7...
DIED. LIEUT. COLONEL MATT URBAN, 75, World War II hero; in Holland, Michigan. Urban's World War II exploits across the European theater ultimately earned him more combat decorations than any other soldier in American history, including the Medal of Honor and seven Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat, like the bullet that tore out a vocal cord and left him raspy-voiced to the end of his days. He led a milder civilian life as a recreation director...