Texas
Texas National Guard State Awards:
- Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
- Lone Star Medal of Valor
- Texas Purple Heart Medal
- Texas Superior Service Medal
- Texas Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal
- Texas Outstanding Service Medal
- Texas Medal of Merit (also awarded with "V" for valor)
- Texas Adjutant General's Individual Award
- Texas Federal Service Medal
- Texas Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaign Medal
- Humanitarian Service Medal
- Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal
- Texas Combat Service Ribbon
- Texas Cavalry Service Medal
- Texas Faithful Service Medal
- Texas Governor's Unit Citation
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Famous quotes containing the word texas:
“Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there’s an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.”
—John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
“The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.”
—Joseph Epstein (b. 1937)
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.