Awarded for Valour_ A History of the Victoria Cross and the Evolution of the British Concept of Heroism
192 AWARDED FOR VALOUR Every other aerial Cross went to bomber missions, either for cumulative command achievement, striking a h ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 193 daylight the fire-power of a section of three heavy bombers is such as to dete ...
194 AWARDED FOR VALOUR organization develops a certain amount of bureaucratic inertia that must be overcome before anything gets ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 195 recommendation were not obtained until well after the end of the war; Cairns w ...
196 AWARDED FOR VALOUR the heroism displayed by the winners. Each of the ‘quick’ RAF winners displayed extreme valour and courag ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 197 inflicted four more hits on the battle cruiser, killing many of her crew and p ...
198 AWARDED FOR VALOUR in Bergen Harbor by Skua dive bombers. The squadron leaders, Captain R. T. Partridge (Royal Marines) and ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 199 In a confidential communique to President Roosevelt, Churchill pointed out tha ...
200 AWARDED FOR VALOUR environment, the 1950s, the 1960s, and in 1982 the factor in common was that the hero killed the enemy. D ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 201 The fourth Vietnam VC was earned for leadership in conducting a fighting withd ...
202 AWARDED FOR VALOUR vehicle out of the ambush before losing consciousness, which allowed his platoon mates to extract him and ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 203 the individual hero. The Queen and Prince Consort wanted a new link to the Arm ...
204 AWARDED FOR VALOUR the award. Only 12 percent of the pre-war Crosses had any connection with the aristocracy (surprisingly, ...
CONCLUSION: THE NEW HERO IN ACTION, 1940–2006 205 Conduct Medal under Lord Howick in 1837. In this instance, however, the desire ...
206 AWARDED FOR VALOUR the monarch to the rank and file of the military to a being a tool of command and party politics. Yet reg ...
January 4, 2008 MAC/ARD Page-207 16:12 9780230_547056_13_app01 Appendix: The Victoria Cross Warrants I THE ORIGINAL WARRANT INST ...
January 4, 2008 MAC/ARD Page-208 16:12 9780230_547056_13_app01 208 APPENDIX any other circumstance or condition whatsoever save ...
January 4, 2008 MAC/ARD Page-209 16:12 9780230_547056_13_app01 APPENDIX 209 or Marines engaged respectively for the Decoration; ...
January 4, 2008 MAC/ARD Page-210 16:12 9780230_547056_13_app01 210 APPENDIX conferred on the Officers & Men of the Naval &am ...
January 4, 2008 MAC/ARD Page-211 16:12 9780230_547056_13_app01 APPENDIX 211 on board Ship, or of the foundering of a vessel-at S ...
«
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
»
Free download pdf