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

US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation's highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order and saved his comrades.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023

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

There, after the peace, all the men wore the military medal.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav