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To: SES1066

Thanks! It would be fascinating to see them ... to learn the stories, not that the medals themselves are anything spectacular.


92 posted on 06/29/2014 4:16:53 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I don't feel obligated to provide you with a non-boring gun.)
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To: Tax-chick
Thanks! It would be fascinating to see them ... to learn the stories, not that the medals themselves are anything spectacular.

It's an impressive gallery - and also hosts George Crosses.

There are some incredible stories. The one I found most interesting when I was last there was that of Flying Officer Lloyd Trigg VC DFC, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The standards for awarding the Victoria Cross require the recommendation of an officer and the testimony of people who witnessed the incident. The regulations are silent as to the nationality of the officer or witnesses - and FO Trigg's VC was recommended by the German Captain of the submarine he died attacking and sinking, and all of the witnesses were German sailors who survived the attack.

97 posted on 06/30/2014 7:57:00 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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