Bronze Star
noun
: a U.S. military decoration awarded for valor or for meritorious service not involving aerial flights
called also Bronze Star Medal
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Without Nichols, McVeigh went on to serve in the Gulf War in Iraq and received a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge.
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Frye was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Star Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, as the Fayetteville Observer’s Rachael Riley reports.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
According to her official bio, Chatfield was the recipient of numerous honors, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star and commendation medals from the Navy, Army and Air Force.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Her military career spans deployments in the Pacific and Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, command of a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, and a Bronze Star award.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Frye was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Star Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, as the Fayetteville Observer’s Rachael Riley reports.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
According to her official bio, Chatfield was the recipient of numerous honors, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star and commendation medals from the Navy, Army and Air Force.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Her military career spans deployments in the Pacific and Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, command of a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, and a Bronze Star award.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Bronze Star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bronze%20Star. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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