D.S.O.
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Example Sentences
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He served in the East Africa operations, won the Military Cross and D.S.O.
From Time Magazine Archive
For what he did on Guadalcanal, Merritt Edson, one of the Corps's great small-arms experts, won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the British D.S.O. to add to a string of ribbons already long.
From Time Magazine Archive
John Catterall Leach, tall, fair and skinny, was 47 years old, had won the D.S.O. for his part in the Bismarck affair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Formerly the D.S.O. could be won for an act of great military merit not necessarily performed in the presence of the enemy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both these Commanders have been promoted to captains for good service during the war, while one has received the D.S.O., and the other the D.S.O. and bar.
From The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
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