Honors
Taylor earned 15 battle stars during World War II, placing her among the highest decorated US ships of the Second World War. In addition, she earned two battle stars for her Korean War service, and six battle stars for Vietnam War service.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“The sire then shook the honors of his head,
And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)