War Figures Honored With Medal of Freedom
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President Bush on Tuesday bestowed the nation&#39;s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on three of the central architects and executors of the war
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Washington's elite mingled with artistic icons at the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, paying tribute to five people for their lifetime contributions to the arts and American culture.
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By Tom M Miller  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  With others, I was twice privileged to visit Normandy battle sites and the nearby American cemetery holding our special heroes.  Among rows of white crosses two bear gold insignias marking graves of Medal of Honorees.
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U.S. allies in the war on terror marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with memorial events for the victims and renewed resolve to keep fighting.
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French President Jacques Chirac Sunday decorated US filmmaker Stephen Spielberg with the Legion of Honor, the country's highest distinction, in a ceremony attended by a cluster of film stars.
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LOS ANGELES  - Their courageous stand  against the Hollywood blacklist has earned Kirk Douglas and  Edward Lewis the Freedom of Expression Medal from the Institute  of Modern Letters.
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Legendary blues musician B.B. King,  former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and historian David  McCullough were among those awarded the Medal of Freedom on  Friday by President George W. Bush.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- When they called her name, she could not move. Sergeant Leana Nishimura intended to walk up proudly, shake the dignitaries' hands, and accept their honors for her service in Iraq -- a special coin, a lapel pin, a glass-encased US flag.
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Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dedicated a plaque here in memory of Filipino and American soldiers who died fighting side-by-side in wars of the Pacific.
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US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, December 14, 2004.
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President Bush paused on Veterans Day to honor the "hidden heroes" in America's military who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan during his presidency and in wars past. He also paid tribute to soldiers he said are waging a winning battle against insurgents west of Baghdad.
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President Bush honored Olympic and Paralympic athletes Monday for bringing home nearly 200 medals, telling the athletes they had served as exemplary ambassadors of the United States.
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Trumpeting  America as liberator,  the White House conferred the highest civilian honor yesterday on three men intimately involved with the decision to invade Iraq or the troubled aftermath of the invasion.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Dec. 19--VICTORVILLE -- The emergency-response community came together Monday to celebrate the lives of three of their best.
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A new exhibit honoring the American sacrifice during wars that span the nation&#39;s history opened in Washington DC on Veterans Day.
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American Theater Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II Victory Medal, Asian Occupation Medal, China Service Medal, Russian Commemorative Medals honoring the 40th ...
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Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax.