The Dickin Medal is awarded to animals that have displayed "conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units" .
The VC (628 awarded) and the Medal of Honor (124 awarded).
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Thousands of service men were awarded this medal. It is impossible to list all winners in this space. The Military Medal was created in March 25 1916 by King George V. It was awarded to the ranks and NCOs for Bravery In the Field. Although it was created in 1916, it was back awarded to the beginning of the war.
Well that's a very good question but they were awarded the burma star right after the pacific star, this was because they had successfully landed on the Feircnh Beach and eliminated the 15th Gedisch Infantry. The reason why there was confusion is because when they were awarded rumors had speculated that they hadnt successfully finished the raid and also since they were awarded right after each other, it was just easily miss interperated
It is a medal that is awarded to all the military people who served in WWII. On the medal is an eagle. It's often referred to as the "Ruptured Duck Medal"
Silver Star
The total number of Bronze Star Medals awarded during World War 2 is unknown. The 82nd Airborne alone was awarded 2,478 Bronze Stars. The medal was created in 1944.
There is only one president's son who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, and that is Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the son of President Theodore Roosevelt. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II.
Yes and he was awarded a bravry medal for getting injured.
The first Olympic medal was awarded in 1988, but taekwondo was a demonstration sport. Taekwondo became a medal sport in 2000; however, they also hand out medals at the world championships, and the first world championships were in 1972.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2010 (the awards ceremony took place in early 2011). The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor, and it is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to world peace, to culture (music, literature, etc), or to some other endeavor that improved the society in some way.