Sentence examples for highly decorated world from inspiring English sources

His father was a highly decorated World War I veteran.

She says she was inspired to a life of public service by her father, Jim Sheeran, a highly decorated World War II veteran and New Jersey state official who died in July.

Announced in a low-key way in the spring of 1969 with no indication of magnitude, the fund anonymously honors highly decorated World War II ace John B. Putnam Jr. '45, who died flying in England after taking part in D-Day in 1944.

A 1940 graduate of Baruch College, he was a highly decorated World War II veteran whose courage and bravery in action over Europe were recently recognized by the Government of France which named him a Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

A highly decorated World War II veteran, John went on to serve his country in many positions of responsibility in Laos, Vietnam, Libya and in the U.S.

Hanging from the ceiling, restored in shiny army navy and gold, rests an aircraft of the Tuskegee airmen, the highly decorated second world war black pilots that fought against the Nazis for a country that would not let them train and fly together with their white counterparts.

Captain Beach, a highly decorated officer in World War II, blended the daring of a submariner with the descriptive talents of an accomplished writer.

In 1943 he enlisted in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost entirely of Japanese-American volunteers, which became the most highly decorated unit of World War II.

A highly decorated soldier of World War II, he ultimately attained the rank of Staff Sergeant.

Born in Akron, Ohio, McPherson was a highly decorated bomber pilot in World War II and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the Pacific from 1943 to 1945.

Brig. Gen. Denis Whitaker, one of Canada's most highly decorated army officers of World War II and a military historian and sportsman, died May 30 in Oakville, Ontario.