Sentence examples similar to claimed the second highest honor from inspiring English sources

For his part in the battle, Ramage was awarded the Navy's second highest honor, the Navy Cross.

The award is the United States Army's second highest honor for valor in the heat of combat.

Which candidate claimed the second spot overall?

He has received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honor in India, and the Demiurgus Peace International Award.

Concerning Sandy Hook, the POTUS and Congress seem to agree: the six teachers and staffers who died posthumously received both the Citizen Honors Medal (the highest civilian award offered by Congress) and the Presidential Citizens Medal (the second-highest civilian honor awarded by the POTUS).

In 1998, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor the president can bestow.

The 442nd was awarded thousands of citations, including 9,500 Purple Hearts and 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, the second-highest military honor.

Davies is the second high-profile athlete to run afoul of the honor code recently.

The first award, the highest honor the school can bestow, went to Ernie Arbuckle himself.

The state has the dubious honor of having the fifth highest recidivism rate in the nation.

The territory claimed the dubious honor of becoming the first place to legalize and then overturn marriage equality.