MEDALS awarded to soldier brothers killed in the First World Warare going under the hammer at...Britton, Paul
It is hard to pinpoint who the most decorated or highly decorated service personnel are with full certainty because medals and decorations vary throughout historical eras and military branches. The only challenge greater than these courageous guys is attempting to compare them. Here are some of tho...
two gold medals; once as an amateur player (1984) and secondly as part of the Dream Team during the Barcelona Olympics (1992). Off-court too, Jordan's impact was substantial - from popularizing the Air Jordans line-up with Nike, which became a cultural phenomenon global...
Men in formal military dress wear, with all kinds of medals filling their lapels, also stood out. They and their wives or dates were clearly fresh from the “Commander-in-Chief’s Ball”, one of two official inaugural balls. One such gentleman, in a splendid Southern drawl, had immediate...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80.
Pretty much universally military medals and decorations fall into one of three categories: Service Medals – Typically these indicate participation in a specific conflict during a specified time and tend to be widely distributed among troops. Campaign Stars – Indicate participation in areas within an...
–William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80. Calley died on April 28...
After making her first exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1911, she designed several medals to be used as awards, and several other, larger relief sculptures in stone and bronze. Mary Gillick was married (1905) to another noteworthy sculptor, Ernest Gillick, who is believed to have influenced...
to enable his onward travel to the UK. On 3 July, the Senior Military Prosecutor in Prague issued a warrant for his arrest. Later, on 28 August, the Czechoslovak authorities declared him to be a deserter, demoted him to its lowest rank and stripped him of Czechoslovak military medals. ...
(AP) — William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80. Calley died on April 28, acco...