This SHOULD be front-page news...

[Pannonian]

Apparently booby traps don't count as "in the face of the enemy".

[KukriKhan]

Apparently booby traps don't count as "in the face of the enemy".

But Lance Cpl Matthew Croucher, 24, who was serving with Norton Manor Camp-based 40 Commando at the time, was slightly upset to miss out on a Victoria Cross at the same time.

As the Queen pinned the medal on his tunic during the ceremony in Buckingham Palace his girlfriend, Victoria Cross, was thousands of miles away in Australia studying as part of her university course.

Now, that's funny. There might be a woman named "Purple Heart" here in California, but even here in strange-name-land I don't think we'd ever see a Ms. Bronze Star, or Miss Congressional M. Honor.

On-topic: so I guess the VC is for "conspicuous....in the face of the enemy..."?

[Tribesman]

On-topic: so I guess the VC is for "conspicuous....in the face of the enemy..."?

Yep the GC was introduced early in WW2 as the equivalent of the VC but for when you are not in direct enemy fire .

[KukriKhan]

Yep the GC was introduced early in WW2 as the equivalent of the VC but for when you are not in direct enemy fire .

Check. Day is just dawning over here, and I've already learned something new. Maybe I should knock off for the rest of the day? :)