In May, 1943, Moore was awarded the Navy Cross, "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action".
** In May, 1943, Moore was awarded the Navy Cross, "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action".
It is given for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty".
He envied English intrepidity in the discussion of religious and philosophic questions and was particularly interested in the Quakers.
A fine cast, brilliant direction by Elia Kazan and intrepidity in citing such names as Bilbo, Rankin and Gerald L. K. Smith give it realism and authenticity.
But the intrepidity with which Wordsworth explored his own inner life and the generosity with which he shared it remain more than convincing: even now, they continue to define the highest aspirations of modern poetry.
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action": this is from the text of the official citation accompanying the Silver Star, awarded to Kerry for what happened in the waters of the Mekong Delta on February 28 , 1969
Ross joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, and he was awarded a Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action" for his heroics at the Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 February 1943), where he was wounded.
Thus fell a hero possessing the tenacity of Grant, the valor of Hancock, the intrepidity of Kearny, and no little of the organizing faculty of McClellan.
Callaghan's Medal of Honor citation read: For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty during action against enemy Japanese forces off Savo Island on the night of 12 13 November 1942.
The Medal of Honor was created in 1861, early in the American Civil War, to give recognition to men who distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity" in combat with an enemy of the United States.
