Bronze Star

Bronze Star (plural Bronze Stars)

1. A USAF individual military decoration, the fourth-highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service.
   • 1969, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., chapter 2 (pages 19–42), in Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-dance with Death, Vintage edition (1991 paperback), London: Vintage Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 35:

     His war story was at a very exciting point. An officer was congratulating the Three Musketeers, telling them that he was going to put them in for Bronze Stars.

• Gold Star
• Silver Star