combat valor
- braveryBoldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
medal · battle · warrior · honor · sacrifice · soldier · glory · fighting · daring · intrepid · battlefield · wounds · blood · enemy · charge · defiant · steadfast · grit
- Black WWI Soldiersblack soldiers, African American troops, Croix de Guerre, stevedores, combat engineers
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- military medalsPurple Heart, Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Iron Cross
courage versus cowardice
combat valorcowardice
Absence of bravery
yellow-bellied · pusillanimity · cravenness · desertion · timidity
honor versus disgrace
combat valordishonor
Loss of respect
war crimes · atrocity · ignominy · infamy · dereliction of duty
aggression versus passivity
combat valorsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulation · submission · defeatism · passivity · meekness