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The Victoria Cross medal was awarded for great bravery on the battlefield.
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) was first awarded on 11 June 1927 by US President Calvin Coolidge to Charles Lindbergh.
Khudadad Khan
not many ... they were first awarded in 1939!
Mary Dohey of Newfoundland.
Doris "Dorie" Miller, Cook, 3rd Class, US Navy.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922 by the American Library Association.
The first McDonald's All-American game MVP was awarded in 1979. The winner was Darren Daye (John F. Kennedy HS).
elizabeth blackwell
In America. It is only awarded to American authors.
Clara Barton was the Founder and first president of the American red cross
Frances G. Bateson http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexs.shtml