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The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military award of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly throughout the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
The Order of Merit, the Order of the Companions of Honour, the Distinguished Service Order and the Imperial Service Order are slightly different, being single-rank honours, and have been placed at appropriate positions of seniority.
A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Monday.
This is a listing of recipients [1] of the Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow's Distinguished Service Award (DSA). See Honors and awards of the Order of the Arrow for a description of the DSA. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Companions of the Distinguished Service Order" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,353 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Australia and New Zealand awarded British and Commonwealth orders and decorations to their servicemen in Vietnam, including the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. Australia and New Zealand jointly developed and instituted the Vietnam Medal (though separate Royal Warrants were issued).
Distinguished Service Order and Bar John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur , DSO and Bar (14 November 1903 – 4 August 1988), usually known as Joe Vandeleur from his initials, [ 1 ] was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer who served in the Second World War .