How to Use Bronze Star in a Sentence

Bronze Star

noun
  • Sheehy was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a separate combat incident and was also awarded a Bronze Star.
    Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • His record shows that he was awarded the Bronze Star twice.
    Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit for his service.
    cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • The awards include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, among others.
    Courtney Kube, NBC News, 19 June 2023
  • Jim’s Bronze Star: Will get to dirt here after running first 6 on turf but fits.
    Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2021
  • He was awarded a Bronze Star for heroic service in a combat zone.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • He was honorably discharged and awarded the Bronze Star.
    Roy Schwartz, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • He was wounded multiple times, earning three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.
    cleveland, 28 July 2023
  • Sheehy’s Bronze Star and Purple Heart are unrelated to the injury and not in question.
    Shaylee Ragar, NPR, 5 June 2024
  • Slim and youthful looking, the 50-year-old politician is an Army veteran with a Bronze Star and Georgetown law degree.
    Jeff Bloodworth, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • He was awarded the Bronze Star for his time in the Army's counterintelligence unit developing informants that led to the Gestapo arrests.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Neither his tombstone nor his widow’s memorial notice makes any mention of Tuberville’s earning a Bronze Star, let alone five.
    Glenn Kessler, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • Also in his things: a small box of military memorabilia, including his Bronze Star, his uniform patches and ribbons, and a large road map of France from 1944.
    Daniel Weintraub, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The attendees of this week's trip include a 101-year-old veteran, three recipients of the Purple Heart, including one who also received a Bronze Star and four women.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
  • The locker room, filled with Iraqi war veterans, Bronze Star recipients, and a bone-deficiency survivor, is tranquil.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There were other unclaimed military honors beside them — a Bronze Star, an Air Force medal, honorable discharge documents.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • Moore defended himself against a similar allegation regarding two past instances of him not correcting television interviewers who had inaccurately said he was awarded a Bronze Star.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2022
  • He was awarded a Bronze Star with valor after a battle in Mosul, Iraq, in 2005, in which he was shot multiple times but continued to fight alongside his troops.
    Courtney Kube, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024

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