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Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 9 days ago
Medals from the Boer War and World War I are stolen during a burglary in Upton St Leonards in Gloucester. ... Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 11 days ago
A group of former land girls from Guernsey receive Medals for their role in World War II. ... Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 24 days ago
A widow who was scattering her late husband's ashes returned to find thieves had stolen his War Medals. ... Source: news.com.au --- 19 days ago
WORLD War II Medals awarded to a Brisbane man's father and to an uncle who served on the hospital ship Centaur have been stolen. ... Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 13 days ago
Medals stolen from the Waiouru Army Museum last year will be returned to their "rightful home" in October. Chief of Army Major General Lou Gardiner said a formal ceremony would be held on October 21 to mark the return of the Medals... ... Source: www.kansascity.com --- 33 days ago
Charles "Earl" Kirkland tried to quiet the applause during a ceremony to honor him at the VA Medical Center on Monday. Kirkland, 83, didn't think he deserved all the fuss, but the U.S. senator who pinned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medals on Kirkland's chest did. ... Source: www.tv3.co.nz --- 36 days ago
3 News has been allowed to film the 96 War Medals stolen during a raid on the Waiouru Army Museum, as police try to regenerate public interest in the case. ... Source: cowra.yourguide.com.au --- 37 days ago
More than half a century after his service, a Cowra World War II veteran finally has the chance to wear the Medals he deserves. The Federal Member for Calare, John Cobb, made a special War medal presentation to Reginald Dixon, at Cowra on Monday July 28. ... Source: www.news.com.au --- 6 days ago
PUBLIC outrage forced the Government into a humiliating backdown after it was revealed Vietnam Veterans were made to pay for their own bravery Medals. ... Source: mwcnews.net --- 11 days ago
Olympic Medal Tally AnalyzedFULL STORY... (/content/view/24830/42/) ... Source: www.tv3.co.nz --- 15 hours ago
The grandson of a World War 1 soldier is thrilled to get back his grandfather's War Medals which disappeared up to 20 years ago. ... Source: www.news.com.au --- 7 days ago
THE Federal Government will pick up the cost of foreign gallantry awards for veterans who fought in the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam. ... Source: www.joplinglobe.com --- 22 days ago
GALENA, Kan. — Sixty-three years after leaving the U.S. Army at the end of World War II, Herbert Harris received Medals he had long-since lost hope of ever seeing. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 6 days ago
WHEN widow Mary Mayers appealed for help to get back her husband's stolen War Medals, she did not hold out much hope. But then she received a phone call from medal collector Mel Siddons who said he could offer her replacements from his private ... ... Source: chevradioam.com --- 36 days ago
MARKHAM, ON – July 25, 2008 – Medals given to local World War I soldier Pte. Matthew Rae are coming home to Markham and will be displayed at the Markham Museum. The two WW I Medals and two letters, offered for auction on eBay, were purchased with the help of local benefactors Harold N. and Arlajean [...] ... Source: au.rd.yahoo.com --- 14 hours ago
The grandson of a World War 1 soldier is thrilled to get back his grandfather's War Medals which disappeared up to 20 years ago. ... Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 23 days ago
Michael Phelps has the most gold Medals won by one person in Olympic history with 11 in his War chest ...
Source: networks.feedburner.com --- 6 days ago
Watch CBS Videos Online We all know Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps won a whopping eight gold Medals in Beijing. What we don’t know is that Phelps is the first person on the planet to own a copy of Call of Duty: World at War for the PlayStation 3. During an interview with the CBS Early Show, [...] ... Source: www.guardian.co.uk --- 3 days ago
Success on the cycling track may not be the obvious route to literary stardom, but Chris Hoy's three gold Medals have ensured a bidding War among publishers for the Olympic champion's memoirs ... Find more results for War Medals on RSSMicro.com |
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by Vera H-C Chan August really began on 08-08-08, and made up for the doldrums of summer with political pomp and Olympian pageantry. Yet even as firsts were made on both fronts, the Search buzz was assaulted with the specter of Cold War , shocking passings, and natural disasters . Take a look back at what captivated the Web, over the past 31 rushed days of summer. Olympian Records, Herculean Efforts, and Chinese Aesthetics Environmentalists watched the skies and activists watched the streets, but Olympic fans were out in phenomenal force to watch the Beijing opening ceremony (+19,435% in searches) unroll with cinematic precision. The amateur contest engaged millions, many who wondered about rules and gamesmanship, and asked an awful lot of questions . Of all the spectacular athletes, Michael Phelps dominated screentime, Medals and searches. Paraguayan model Leryn Franco placed 51st in the javelin contest but second in Web searches, thanks to her pairing of beauty and sharp sticks. Gymnasts Shawn Johnson , Alicia Sacramone , and Nastia Liukin rounded up the top five. In sports queries, everything from the badminton to judo to marathon buzzed, but redemption vaulted " olympic basketball " to the top, followed by gymnastics and volleyball (beach, naturally). Ending after a mere two weeks, fans looked forward to the next fix, winter in 2010 and summers 2012 and 2016 . Unconventional Politics The medal count had barely been tallied up b ...