Sentence examples for won decorations from inspiring English sources

He left shortly for Vietnam, where he won decorations for heroism.

Army officers won 269 decorations while the other ranks received 158; the air force officers and other ranks respectively won 184 and 72 decorations.

He won numerous decorations, including the Distinguished Service Cross.

Under military rules, only armed forces heroes who have won the decorations in combat - or their widows and widowers - are allowed to wear them.

That award presentation is being paired with cinematography - because, apparently, not that many films have won set decoration, cinematography and best picture in the same year.

Then there's Snoopy's incredible prize winning doghouse decorations (a materialistic delight) and, of course, the scrawny Christmas tree.

Capers served as a mortarman in Vietnam, and he saw and did things that won him the decorations he keeps hidden and resulted in the nightmares he cannot shake.

Tens of thousands of women served in that war against Iraq, and quite a few won combat decorations because they had been engaged by the enemy.

The other decorations he won included three Distinguished Service Medals and the Legion of Merit.

He won many honours and decorations; last year he was named a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

Mr Davis is economically moderate, a Democrat in the Bill Clinton mould, but inoculated against the suspicion that California Democrats are wicked libertines by his obvious dullness, a sober family life and the military decorations he won while serving in Vietnam.