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physician, but not for valor in combat. Her name was deleted from the Army Medal of Honor Roll in 1917 (along with over 900 other recipients); however, it was restored in 1977.
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241:116 minutes
138:Scott Glenn
72:Produced by
52:Directed by
27:Steven Sund
1353:1996 films
1347:Categories
993:August 13,
965:August 13,
929:August 13,
898:August 13,
867:August 25,
842:August 13,
836:Metacritic
815:August 13,
702:References
603:Metacritic
585:Phenomenon
557:Box office
544:Production
493:as Jenkins
479:Ned Vaughn
473:Sean Astin
464:Tim Guinee
412:Matt Damon
335:Black Hawk
281:drama film
262:Box office
225:1996-07-12
178:Production
123:Matt Damon
79:John Davis
62:Written by
1200:The Siege
1122:Works by
1021:0362-4331
892:ReelViews
660:Accolades
552:Reception
351:M16 rifle
343:flare gun
180:companies
157:Edited by
1230:Defiance
1026:April 3,
400:Meg Ryan
293:Meg Ryan
246:Language
167:Music by
108:Meg Ryan
96:Starring
1323:Related
620:of the
460:veteran
458:Vietnam
328:Medevac
249:English
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1223:(2006)
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1203:(1998)
1193:(1996)
1183:(1994)
1173:(1992)
1163:(1989)
1153:(1986)
1143:(1983)
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858:"Home"
372:Napalm
254:Budget
1160:Glory
694:, an
643:Fargo
1076:IMDb
1047:ISBN
1028:2018
1017:ISSN
995:2009
967:2008
931:2009
900:2008
869:2023
844:2009
817:2009
785:2011
686:The
582:and
564:US$
387:Cast
339:T-54
331:Huey
299:Plot
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278:war
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