Belgian nurse gets wartime honor from US after 67 years
China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-14 07:58
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Belgian nurse Augusta Chiwy, who saved hundreds of lives during World War II, receives an award for valor from the US Army, in Brussels on Monday. [Yves Logghe / Associated Press] |
BRUSSELS - A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of US soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given a US award for valor on Monday - 67 years late.
Congolese-born Augusta Chiwy, now 93, received the Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service medal from US Ambassador Howard Gutman at a ceremony in the military museum in Brussels.
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