Military Cross
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level medal awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy on land.
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Famous quotes containing the words military and/or cross:
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
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