Bronze Star

noun

: a U.S. military decoration awarded for valor or for meritorious service not involving aerial flights

called also Bronze Star Medal

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Frye was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Star Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, as the Fayetteville Observer’s Rachael Riley reports. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025 According to her official bio, Chatfield was the recipient of numerous honors, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star and commendation medals from the Navy, Army and Air Force. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025 Her military career spans deployments in the Pacific and Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, command of a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, and a Bronze Star award. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 Caine has more than 2,800 flying hours in the F-16 and has earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, among other awards. Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Bronze Star

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Bronze Star was in 1944

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“Bronze Star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bronze%20Star. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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