war hero

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war hero (plural war heroes)

1. Someone who commits an act of heroism in a combat setting.
   • 2004, Amie Dockery, Designing Your Dream Husband:

     For one, at a very young age he became a war hero who had slain a giant.

   • 2010, Alan Allen, Ronald Reagan & the Evil Empire:

     George went off to fight Nazis, later was described as a war hero.

   • 2013, David T Zabecki, Chief of Staff, Vol. 2:

     He apparently found in Rommel a German war hero who shared his doubts and uncertainties.

   • 2013, Mark White, “Apparent Perfection: The Image of John F. Kennedy”, in History‎^[1], volume 98, number 2, page 226:

     Kennedy's presidency is examined for the way it reinforced ideas about him that had come to the fore before he became chief executive: his use of the White House to showcase the arts, thereby strengthening his image as a man of letters and cultural refinement; the enhancing of his war-hero status with the release of the Hollywood film PT-109; the continued eroticization of his image through his public links with Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Anita Ekberg; and the prominence of his wife, siblings, children and parents in reinforcing the image of JFK as a symbol of the family.

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