This SHOULD be front-page news...

[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? :)