D.S.O.
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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.
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Prideaux promptly volunteered, led a brilliant cavalry attack on the Reds at Dan-koi, and emerged with the D.S.O., and speedy advance up the military list.
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D.S.O., an infantry captain in the Green Howards, and Herbert Read, the philosopher, poet and esthetician.
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There are 13 other decorations which take precedence over the D.S.O.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lieutenant Richard Crosthwaite, D.S.O., the "owner" of the destroyer, was one of those young officers who had made good use of the chances that the war had thrown in his way.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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