military medal

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ACK fan Aarav Vedhanayagam said his favourite was about an air force pilot who won India's highest military medal.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

He was charged in 2007 with violating the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a federal crime to lie about having received a military medal.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023

Zelensky also presented Biden with a Ukrainian military medal that earlier in the year was awarded to a Ukrainian officer for “outstanding feats on the battlefield,” according to the White House.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

He sometimes wore a military medal awarded for bravery that he’d bought in a junk shop.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022

Let me now tell you how the youngest soldier of the 127th French regiment of infantry won the military medal, which is the French equivalent to our Victoria Cross.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward