Artfully, as the days went by, he found occasion to tell her that his father had won the Navy Cross in the Korean War ; ;

Category: Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross

In World War I, Duquesne spied for Germany, earning the Iron Cross for allegedly sinking the HMS Hampshire thereby killing Lord Kitchener in 1916.

In the Victory At Sea suite, Richard Rodgers wrote " Beneath The Southern Cross " to depict the battleships in convoy and the loneliness of the sailors in the Southern Pacific during World War II.

In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross for his service in World War I.

An entire series of Freikorps awards also existed, mostly replaced in 1933 by the Honor Cross for World War I veterans.

Many developments in first aid and many other medical techniques have been driven by wars, such as in the case of the American Civil War, which prompted Clara Barton to organize the American Red Cross.

In 2000, on the 40th anniversary of the U-2 Incident, his family was presented his posthumously awarded Prisoner of War Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, and National Defense Service Medal.

Arthur Charles Hall ( 1896 – 1978 ): Victoria Cross recipient from World War I was born in Granville

During World War II, the War Department allotted a rationed supply of brass to Kratt's factory to continue production of their harmonicas to be passed out by the Red Cross among the GI's serving overseas to boost morale.

He served in the German field artillery and nascent air force in World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross, rising to the rank of lieutenant.

During World War I Cocteau served in the Red Cross as an ambulance driver.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.

During the Second World War, Kenyon served as Divisional Commander of the Red Cross in Hammersmith, London, and later as Acting Director and Secretary of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London.

When, during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, the League accused Italian soldiers of targeting Red Cross medical tents, Benito Mussolini responded that " the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

* 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.

Once prisoners reached a POW camp conditions were better ( and often much better than in World War II ), thanks in part to the efforts of the International Red Cross and inspections by neutral nations.

Hitler attended, and placed Heydrich's decorations — including the highest grade of the German Order, the Blood Order Medal, the Wound Badge in Gold and the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords — on his funeral pillow.

His brother Francis Clere Hitchcock went on to join the British army and fought during World War I where he was awarded the Military Cross and rose to the rank of Colonel.

Interestingly, he turned down both offers and chose instead the bleak and vivid World War II drama Cross of Iron ( 1977 ).

* " Southern Cross ", a name for the Confederate Flag in the American Civil War

However, during the Vietnam War, the last conflict to produce U. S. fighter aces, the one USAF pilot, the two USAF navigators / weapon systems officers ( who were later retrained as USAF pilots ), the one USN Naval Aviator and the one USN Naval Flight Officer / radar intercept officer to achieve this distinction were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross, respectively, in addition to Silver Stars previously awarded for earlier aerial kills.

* The General Takes Off His Helmet ( 1939 ) in The Queen's Book of the Red Cross

* Clasp to the Iron Cross ( 1939 )

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1939 as Großadmiral and Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine

* Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class ( 1914 ) with 1939 Bar

* Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class ( 1914 ) with 1939 Bar

Around 1939, state medical societies created Blue Shield plans to cover physician services, as Blue Cross covered only hospital services.

It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ( Holy Cross Voivodeship ) since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship ( 1919 – 1939, 1945 – 1998 ).

The only ' new ' stations built for the original Jubilee line were the Baker Street Westbound platform ( eastbound opened in 1939 ), Bond Street, Green Park and the now closed Charing Cross.

For example, an Iron Cross from World War I bears the year " 1914 ", while the same decoration from World War II is annotated " 1939 ".

It was also possible for a holder of the 1914 Iron Cross to be awarded a second or higher grade of the 1939 Iron Cross.

In such cases, a " 1939 Clasp " ( Spange ) would be worn on the original 1914 Iron Cross.

) For the 1st Class award, the Spange appears as an eagle with the date " 1939 " that was pinned above the Cross.

Adolf Hitler restored the Iron Cross in 1939 as a German decoration ( rather than Prussian as in earlier versions ), continuing the tradition of issuing it in various grades.

Legally, it is based on the enactment ( Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 ) of 1 September 1939 Verordnung über die Erneuerung des Eisernen Kreuzes ( Regulation for the Re-introduction of the Iron Cross ).

Among the artists represented in the collection are, from Italy, De Chirico ( The Red Tower, The Nostalgia of the Poet ) and Severini ( Sea Dancer ); from France, Braque ( The Clarinet ), Duchamp ( Sad Young Man on a Train ), Léger ( Study of a Nude ), Picabia ( Very Rare Picture on Earth ); from Spain, Dalí ( Birth of Liquid Desires ), Miró ( Seated Woman II ) and Picasso ( The Poet, On the Beach ); from other European countries, Brâncuşi ( including a sculpture from the Bird in Space series ), Max Ernst ( The Kiss, Attirement of the Bride ), Giacometti ( Woman with Her Throat Cut, Woman Walking ), Gorky ( Untitled ), Kandinsky ( Landscape with Red Spots, No. 2, White Cross ), Klee ( Magic Garden ), Magritte ( Empire of Light ) and Mondrian ( Composition No. 1 with Grey and Red 1938, Composition with Red 1939 ); and from the US, Calder ( Arc of Petals ) and Pollock ( The Moon Woman, Alchemy ).

* Cross of the Voluntary Combatant 1939 – 1945

( His statement is contained in an " unpublished page " included in the 1939 English edition published by the American Red Cross ).

** Knight's Cross on 30 September 1939 as Generaloberst and commander in chief of Heeresgruppe Süd

* Clasp to the Iron Cross ( 1939 )

* Clasp to the Iron Cross ( 1939 ) 2nd and 1st Class

Opened in 1939, Holy Cross comprises.

* Iron Cross ( 1939 ) 2nd Class on 5 September 1939