Word: heroical
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...last week became the most decorated U.S. chaplain of World War II. The Roman Catholic priest, who formerly had a parish in Dubuque, Iowa, received the Distinguished Service Cross. He had already been given the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. Chaplain Hoffmann received his three medals for his heroic rescue of wounded men (one of them a German) under withering shellfire...
Says Chaplain Hoffmann: "In combat, no one stands out as doing anything heroic. Out there acts of heroism are common place. Probably the only reason that anyone gets a medal is that his deed happens to be noticed and reported. As to my spending most of my time in the front line with the men, well, this is the way that I look at it. ... The follows wounded at the front, perhaps lying for hours before help reaches them, are the ones who especially need a chaplain. There is nothing more terrifying than the feeling of lying alone, lost...
...Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy Kingdom...
Wake and Midway. On that day four battered old Grummans of Fighter Squadron 211 clattered up into the air over Wake Island and tore into the Jap naval force creeping over the horizon. In that pitiful and heroic last stand the Marine flyers set one enemy ship afire, sank a cruiser. Said a presidential citation: "The courageous conduct . . . will not be forgotten as long as gallantry and heroism are respected and honored...
...Fleming, with his plane in flames, led his squadron against another carrier; Fleming was last seen hurtling into the sea. Eighty-four Marines flew against the Japs during the crisis at Midway; 38 were killed. Said Admiral Chester Nimitz to their commanding officer at Midway: "The sacrifices of your heroic men have not been in vain. . . . They dealt the enemy carriers the first blow and they spearheaded our great victory...