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Medal of Honor is a 2009 Romanian drama film directed by Călin Peter Netzer. The plot revolves around a retiree who is mistakenly awarded a military distinction. Former Romanian president Ion Iliescu plays himself in the film. Cast Victor Rebengiuc - Ion Camelia Zorlescu - Nina Mimi Branescu - Cornel Florina Fernandes - Rita - Cornel's wife References

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“These narrations speak for themselves. Editorial embellishment could only detract from their value.”
— W.F. Beyer and O.F. Keydel (editors), "Compiler's Preface," Deeds of Valor: How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor (1903), originally published through Perrien-Keydel Co. in Detroit, reprinted in 1994 by Longmeadow Press, Stamford, hardcover
“It's not necessarily anything I welcome, but it's part of my job now. This isn't something we ask for, this is something that is bestowed upon you. And with it comes some obligations.”
— Command Master Chief Petty Officer Edward Byers, in a statement to Navy Times on 27 February 2016[
“There were more bullets in the air than stars in the sky. A wall of bullets at every one at the same time with one crack and then a million other cracks afterwards. They're above you, in front of you, behind you, below you. They're hitting in the dirt early. They're going over your head. Just all over the place. They were close— as close as I've ever seen.”
— Salvatore Giunta, remarks on the 25 October 2007 battle that resulted in Giunta being awarded the Medal of Honor three years later. As quoted by Tim Hetherington in the Vanity Fair article "Medal of Honor Winner Salvatore Giunta on Bravery, Brotherhood, and the Korengal", published 11 November 2010.
“When I was decorated in 1969, there were 450 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. Today, there are only about one hundred, and the average age is near eighty. Statistically, in five years there will only be fifty or sixty still alive, and in less than fifteen years there will be none of us left. There has not been a living Medal of Honor recipient from any conflict since the war in Vietnam.”
— Jack H. Jacobs, If Not Now, When? Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need (2008), hardcover, p. 271
“More than a dozen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients endorsed former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race. "We, 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor, having served this great nation in wars, support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States," they wrote. The recipients include those who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.”
— Brooke Singman, believe in Donald Trump': More than a dozen Medal of Honor recipients endorse former president", Fox News, 12 October 2024
“On February 4 an invitation to the White House interrupted this schedule. My family and I were ushered into President Roosevelt's office. I had known the President, who with his charm made us feel completely at ease. With my wife and son looking on he read a citation and placed the Medal of Honor around my neck.”
— Alexander Vandegrift, Once a Marine: The Memoirs of General A.A. Vandegrift, U.S.M.C. (1964), New York: W.W. Norton & Company, first edition, hardcover, p. 212

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Notable quotes

“These narrations speak for themselves. Editorial embellishment could only detract from their value.”
— W.F. Beyer and O.F. Keydel (editors), "Compiler's Preface," Deeds of Valor: How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor (1903), originally published through Perrien-Keydel Co. in Detroit, reprinted in 1994 by Longmeadow Press, Stamford, hardcover
“It's not necessarily anything I welcome, but it's part of my job now. This isn't something we ask for, this is something that is bestowed upon you. And with it comes some obligations.”
— Command Master Chief Petty Officer Edward Byers, in a statement to Navy Times on 27 February 2016[
“There were more bullets in the air than stars in the sky. A wall of bullets at every one at the same time with one crack and then a million other cracks afterwards. They're above you, in front of you, behind you, below you. They're hitting in the dirt early. They're going over your head. Just all over the place. They were close— as close as I've ever seen.”
— Salvatore Giunta, remarks on the 25 October 2007 battle that resulted in Giunta being awarded the Medal of Honor three years later. As quoted by Tim Hetherington in the Vanity Fair article "Medal of Honor Winner Salvatore Giunta on Bravery, Brotherhood, and the Korengal", published 11 November 2010.
“When I was decorated in 1969, there were 450 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. Today, there are only about one hundred, and the average age is near eighty. Statistically, in five years there will only be fifty or sixty still alive, and in less than fifteen years there will be none of us left. There has not been a living Medal of Honor recipient from any conflict since the war in Vietnam.”
— Jack H. Jacobs, If Not Now, When? Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need (2008), hardcover, p. 271
“More than a dozen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients endorsed former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race. "We, 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor, having served this great nation in wars, support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States," they wrote. The recipients include those who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.”
— Brooke Singman, believe in Donald Trump': More than a dozen Medal of Honor recipients endorse former president", Fox News, 12 October 2024
“On February 4 an invitation to the White House interrupted this schedule. My family and I were ushered into President Roosevelt's office. I had known the President, who with his charm made us feel completely at ease. With my wife and son looking on he read a citation and placed the Medal of Honor around my neck.”
— Alexander Vandegrift, Once a Marine: The Memoirs of General A.A. Vandegrift, U.S.M.C. (1964), New York: W.W. Norton & Company, first edition, hardcover, p. 212

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