Word: valorized
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...Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, warned that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have put in "grave danger" his force's ability to fulfill other Pentagon missions or help grapple with domestic emergencies. "I do not wish to sound alarmist," wrote Helmly, who won a Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam. "I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern." Helmly's memo split the Pentagon into two camps--those who praised Helmly's candor and courage, and those who found the memo's tone, and its appearance in a newspaper, a little too self-promoting...
...wrong in some way, and all plans are only a starting point because war changes the landscape as it unfolds and you need to keep checking your route if you hope to arrive at victory. Morale matters--and flexibility. On that day, as on few others in history, the valor of a few men altered history's course. They put their faith in both luck and faith. "Sometimes at night," recalled Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Airborne, "it was almost as if I could hear the assurance that God the Father gave another soldier, named Joshua: 'I will...
...tanks to secure the flanks and U.S. engineers to breach eight 50-yd. lanes through beach obstacles. He refused to wear a helmet, preferring to don a knit wool hat. "We have landed in the wrong place," shouted Roosevelt, who would receive the Medal of Honor for his valor that day. "But we will start the war from here...
Douglas Brinkley is the co-author, with Ronald J. Drez, of the new book Voices of Valor: D-Day: June...
...medals, as he told a local Washington television station in 1971, or ribbons, which is how he subsequently described them to nearly everyone else. Political hands of both parties expressed wonderment over how it was that any politician could find himself on the defensive about his own medals for valor and sacrifice...