The following month, Buckles received the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Gold Medal of Merit at the Liberty Memorial.
Honours began to come to him honorary degrees, memberships in foreign societies, and medals.
Marshal Bagramyan was awarded with numerous Soviet and foreign orders and medals for his service, including two Orders of the Hero of the Soviet Union, seven Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, three Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov.
It was from Korea, for service in the Korean War, he said, but he had received it only last week, after the United States government decided to allow soldiers to accept medals from foreign countries.
During his lifetime Tikhonov was awarded several awards; he was awarded nine Order of Lenins, two Order of the Red Banner of Labour, one Red Star, two Stalin Prizes and several medals and foreign awards.
Renowned for his unique and creative fashion style, he was the first male fashion designer in Korea and was also awarded cultural medals from foreign countries including France and Italy.
NBC has covered medal ceremonies starring foreign winners and actually interviewed them.
In fairness, the US does not have the monopoly on hypocrisy when it comes to criticising home-born "traitors", just as Russia is nowhere near the most bare-faced when it comes to signing up foreign talent to improve its medal chances.
For his services at SHAEF, Strong was mentioned in despatches, appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded the United States Distinguished Service Medal, and other foreign awards, including the French Croix de Guerre and Légion d'honneur, and the Order of the Red Banner from the USSR.
The Academy did not resume its role of simply providing education: prizes, medals, scholarships in foreign countries and funding were used as incentives.
