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Word: unpinned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Gave Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd a new special medal-a gold star to be attached to the Distinguished Service Medal he was awarded in 1927 for flying the Atlantic. Byrd, owner of all U. S. Government medals, had to unpin several to make room for the new star, won for his Antarctic surveys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Vehicle of Destiny | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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