http://marines.dodlive.mil/2012/07/10/m ... -of-honor/
worth a read and worth remembering
A look back at the Marines who have won the medal of honor
Re: A look back at the Marines who have won the medal of honor
FYI, medals are "won" at the Olympics, in battle, they are earned.
Never initiate force against another. But should someone do violence to you, retaliate without hesitation, without reservation, without quarter, until you are sure that he will never wish to harm - or never be capable of harming - you or yours again.KYFHO
Re: A look back at the Marines who have won the medal of honor
+1 @ rromeo
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When your time comes to die, be not like those
whose hearts are filled with fear of death...
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Chief Tecumseh
whose hearts are filled with fear of death...
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Chief Tecumseh
Re: A look back at the Marines who have won the medal of honor
I disagree medals are won. The military is a bastion of old language definition note the etymology of win.
"Win(v)
fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil"). Perhaps related to wish, or from PIE *van- "overcome, conquer." Sense of "to be victorious" is recorded from c.1300. The noun in O.E. meant "labor, strife, conflict;" modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb. Breadwinner preserves the sense of "toil" in O.E. winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler. Winningest is attested by 1804."
From
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=win
Earn has a conotation of Desert the gothic roots of earn have meanings to do with harvest
I think both uses are correct for such an honnor the traditional won and the modern earn
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"Win(v)
fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil"). Perhaps related to wish, or from PIE *van- "overcome, conquer." Sense of "to be victorious" is recorded from c.1300. The noun in O.E. meant "labor, strife, conflict;" modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb. Breadwinner preserves the sense of "toil" in O.E. winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler. Winningest is attested by 1804."
From
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=win
Earn has a conotation of Desert the gothic roots of earn have meanings to do with harvest
I think both uses are correct for such an honnor the traditional won and the modern earn
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