Word: valor
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...French Government as a tribute of their appreciation have 20 times cited sections and section-leaders for distinguished service, and have conferred upon more than 80 of the men the Croix de Guerre for bravery, and upon two the Medaille Militaire, the highest honor for military valor in France...
...false and deceptive. Instead of being Harvard's glory, the monument is a "memorial to hr shame" and likewise "an insult to God," all because "it makes no distinction between the cause of the Allies and the cause of Germany." Harvard's mistake, it seems, is in honoring the valor and self-sacrifice of her sons as Harvard men only and without drawing the line between valor that was pro-Ally and valor and devotion merely pro-German...
This large view of human nobility is characteristic of the best traditions of Harvard. It recognizes the fact, too often lost sight of by many good people in this country, that it takes just as much valor, just as high a conception of duty, just as intelligent a comprehension of issues, to fight on one side of the world long line that has divided civilization, as on the other...
...these men, the following five have been awarded the Croix de Guerre for valor, under fire...
...Harvard '95, congratulating him on the gallant showing made by Princeton men in the American Ambulance Service. Of the 35 Princeton men in the Field Service of the American Ambulance enumerated in the Princeton game number of the CRIMSON, two have been awarded the Croix de Guerre for valor under fire. The two men who were so cited are Herbert Pell Townsend 1910 and Stanley Dill...