Quote Originally Posted by Puckstop31 View Post
Just a small clarification Wom... One does not win the Medal of Honor (or the Victoria Cross I suppose). One is awarded it.

The recipients of those awards are not playing a game.
Yeah mate, I know they are awarded it....but "winners" is a sort of loose term us Aussies use for such prestigious medals. It's commonplace for us to refer to a VC recipient as a VC winner. We like to screw around with the old countries language to you know....hee hee