https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Earl_NolanEarl Nolan - Revision history2026-08-02T16:49:38ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Earl_Nolan&diff=241961&oldid=prevWouter at 13:31, 24 December 20082008-12-24T13:31:12Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Earl Nolan''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">played </del>professional football for the Chicago Cardinals.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Earl Nolan'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. a former </ins>professional football <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">player </ins>for the Chicago Cardinals <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and a member of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action during the battles of Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Nolan, however, refused to wear the ribbon saying: ''Medals are a lot of bunk. I'll tell you why. I've seen fellows who did enough, in my opinion, to win the Medal of Honor and who wound up with the Bronze Star. I've seen men who should have won the Bronze Star and who received nothing at all. You see, in war so many men do so much that it is difficult to single out a few individuals for high honors. I got the Silver Star but I won't wear it because I don't believe in such things. After all, a bunch of other men who did as much or more never received it. I couldn't conscientiously show it off.''[http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographies/Earl%20Nolan/Earl%20Nolan</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">htm#United_States_Marine_Corps]</ins></div></td></tr>
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