distinguished service medal
Example Sentences
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He was at the National Science Foundation for 25 years and received a distinguished service medal from the organization at his retirement in 1987.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2016
He was greeted at Cape Canaveral by President John F Kennedy, who gave him the distinguished service medal, and 4 million people turned out for his tickertape welcome to New York.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2016
I recommend that the distinguished service medal be awarded Major Ross E. Rowell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two of its members, the chairman and the resident director, Miss Hannah J. Patterson, received from the Government in May the distinguished service medal.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted
I'm going to write to Washington and have 'em vote you a distinguished service medal.
From Half Portions by Ferber, Edna
