All 28 Uses
valor
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- The flagraising on Iwo Jima became a symbol of the island, the mountain, the battle; of World War II; of the highest ideals of the nation, of valor incarnate.†
Chpt 1. *
- John Bradley never confided the details of his valor to Betty.†
Chpt 1.
- More medals for valor were awarded for action on Iwo Jima than in any battle in the history of the United States.†
Chpt 1.
- This type of determination and valor among individual Marines overcame seemingly hopeless odds, and in three days of hellish fighting Tarawa was captured.†
Chpt 4.
- And at his last stop on the island, at the high seawall the Marines had to surmount to get onto Tarawa, Howlin' Mad saw an example of Marine valor.†
Chpt 4.
- Somehow, valor overcame terror.†
Chpt 7.
- Moments of valor proliferated.†
Chpt 7.
- He received a Navy Cross for his valor.†
Chpt 8.
- It was one of the bravest things my father ever did, and it happened on one of the most valorous days in the history of a Corps known for valor.†
Chpt 9.
- It was one of the bravest things my father ever did, and it happened on one of the most valorous days in the history of a Corps known for valor.†
Chpt 9.
- Lieutenant Wells's determination drove his men to new heights of valor.†
Chpt 9.
- For Easy Company, it had been a day of grievous loss and historic valor: For its day's work, the badly decimated unit would receive a Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, two Silver Stars, and a number of Purple Hearts—one of the most decorated engagements in the history of the United States Marine Corps.†
Chpt 9.
- To the north, the main force of Marines had been battling with equal valor and sustaining equally severe casualties.†
Chpt 10.
- Reproduced in bronze, this actual scene should make good art and a fitting tribute to American men and American valor.†
Chpt 12.
- Carried away by the daily valor of the Marines, working at a safe but obfuscating distance, and swept up in its own fantasy of a swashbuckling fight for a mountain, reporters invented the heroic fight up the slopes, and the flagraising among whizzing bullets, out of whole cloth.†
Chpt 12.
- Now the valor would go uncelebrated.†
Chpt 13.
- Back on the island, Don Howell had his moment of crisis and valor.†
Chpt 13.
- On March 13 Willis urged his colleagues to move with "utmost haste" in creating legislation to honor "the all but unbelievable valor" of the Marines in the Pacific.†
Chpt 13.
- In the 1,364 days from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender, with millions of Americans fighting on global battlefronts, only 353 Americans were awarded Medals of Honor, the nation's highest decoration for valor.†
Chpt 13.
- It didn't represent any abstraction such as "valor" or "the American fighting spirit."†
Chpt 14.
- how the papers had reported the flagraising as one of the valorous deeds in man's history—the Marines slogging up the murderous slopes to plant the symbol of victory in a hail of gunfire.†
Chpt 14.
- The inscription read: UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE Seven thousand dignitaries swelled the grounds on the day of the unveiling.†
Chpt 18.
- The Photograph will forever inspire paeans to glory and valor among those who see the figures as immortals.†
Chpt 19.
- It was an action of common virtue, not uncommon valor, as plain as a pipe.†
Chpt 20.
- But because of a fluke photo—a stiff wind, a rippling flag—this common action represents valor in the eyes of millions, maybe billions of people.†
Chpt 20.
- I thought now I would hear some juicy stories of valor.†
Chpt 20.
- If the famous flagraising at Iwo Jima symbolizes American patriotism and valor, Bradley's quiet, modest nature and philanthropic efforts shine as an example of the best of small-town American values.†
Chpt 20.
- And I think you are gratified that I wrote of you and your fellow flagraisers as ordinary guys, not bronzed warriors of "uncommon valor."†
Chpt Aft.
Definitions:
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(1)
(valor) exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger -- especially in battle
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)