Viktoriakors utdelat

[Hexmaster]

Också en historisk händelse:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4358921.stm

A British soldier serving in Iraq who saved 30 members of his unit from an ambush has been awarded the first Victoria Cross for more than 20 years.

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The award is the first of the medals to be awarded since a posthumous VC given to Lt Col Herbert Jones and Sgt Ian John McKay during the Falklands conflict.

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It makes him the first living recipient of the VC - the highest award in the British and Commonwealth military - since 1969.

[tyskaorden]

Intressant att Victoriakorset tilldelades en soldat som överlevt, annars har det efter andra världskriget varit en trend att Victoriakorset utdelas postumt.