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    This China War Memorial Medal, also known as the Medal in Commemoration of Victory in the Resistance Against Aggression (Chinese: 抗戰勝利勳章) was authorized...
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    The China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1843 to members of the British and Indian forces who took part in the First Opium War (1839–42)...
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  • John Birch (missionary) (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army))
    CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) "World War 2 Awards.com - China War Memorial Medal". Lautz 2016, p. 225–227. "John Birch Society founded...
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    Claire Lee Chennault (category Military personnel of the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War)
    known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor...
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  • Indian Mutiny Medal (1858) Second China War Medal (1861) New Zealand War Medal (1869) Abyssinian War Medal (1869) Canada General Service Medal (1866–70) Ashantee...
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  • Rex T. Barber (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    awards over his military career, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars Gold Medal of Merit. Upon his retirement from the military, Barber returned to...
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    part by the Pacific War Memorial Commission and individual contributions. Arthur Godfrey helped to raise funds. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific...
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    Donald S. Lopez Sr. (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    lowered to 18 in early 1942. After earning his wings, he saw combat in China as a member of the 75th Fighter Squadron. The unit was part of the 23rd...
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    Richard E. Cole (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    Congressional Gold Medal to Doolittle Raiders". CBS News. Retrieved September 30, 2022. "Last of the Doolittle Raiders from World War II". The Sydney Morning...
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    Soong Ching-ling (category Chinese women in World War II)
    Soong—engraved on the tombstone.  China: First Class Order of Propitious Clouds (1944)  China: China War Memorial Medal (1945)  Soviet Union: Stalin Peace...
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    Robert Ray Scott (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    Flying Cross and the Air Medal. He was promoted to captain on May 3, 1944, and to major on August 16, 1945. After the end of the war, Scott served as an advisor...
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    Jacob DeShazer (category World War II prisoners of war held by Japan)
    2008, the Oregon War Veterans Association (OWVA) nominated DeShazer for the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal noting his extraordinary...
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    Bud Day (category Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross...
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  • Baker (10 September 2023). "Ukraine war: Two foreign aid workers die in Russian missile strike". BBC News. "Memorial / Меморіал - International Volunteers...
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    Dandong, China National War Memorial (New Zealand) Philadelphia Korean War Memorial United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Republic of Korea Memorial of Turks...
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    Jiang Dingwen (category Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang)
    a KMT general from Zhuji, Zhejiang. He was a recipient of the China War Memorial Medal. De Giorgi, Laura; Samarani, Guido (2017). Chiang Kai-shek and...
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    James H. Howard (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War II to receive the Medal of Honor—the United States military's highest decoration. Howard was an ace in two operational theaters during World War II...
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    1901. The medal for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, given since 1968, is awarded with the aforementioned prizes. Each medal has a portrait...
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    William John Dieter (category United States Army Air Forces personnel killed in World War II)
    Raiders were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal; "(t)o award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders"...
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    Robert Lee Scott Jr. (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    (1943), about his exploits in World War II with the Flying Tigers and the United States Army Air Forces in China and Burma. The book was adapted as a...
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    the war. The Nisei Soldiers of World War II Congressional Gold Medal was collectively presented on November 2, 2011. The Japanese American Memorial to...
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    The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought...
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    the British War Medal in bronze to all members of the Chinese Labour Corps who entered a theatre of war. After the end of the war Chinese labourers were...
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    Chase Nielsen (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    the Doolittle Raid in 1942 and was one of the four surviving prisoners of war from that raid. Born in Hyrum, Utah to Floyd Nielsen and Carrie Miller Nielsen...
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    Charles Ross Greening (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    Force - Together We Served". Greening is eligible for the Prisoner of War Medal when it was created in 1986. Archbold, Mike (April 20, 2008). "WWII hero...
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  • received both medals for actions in the First World War, while Martin-Leake was awarded his first VC for actions in the Second Boer War, and his second...
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    Edward J. York (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    "Edward J. York". Military Times. Retrieved September 6, 2024. "Prisoner of War Medal". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved April 10, 2023.  This article...
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    Pappy Boyington (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific...
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  • (1844–1938) – Union Army. Last Medal of Honor recipient. Aaron Daggett (1837–1938) – Union Army. Last surviving General of the Civil War. Billy Rufus Stanford...
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    dead and the Medal of Honor was presented to his wife by the Secretary of the Navy. Cook's body was never recovered. An official memorial stone (cenotaph)...
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